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Who will lead and who will be left on the sidelines? by Jakarta Post, 04-11-2009
It remains to be seen if world leaders meet the challenge issued by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the G20 Leaders Summit in Pittsburgh to “give a stronger mandate, a stronger push and clearer directions to our negotiators for the success of Copenhagen”.
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REDD concerns deepen in Indonesia by REDD-Monitor, 07-10-2009
In its most recent newsletter, Down to Earth outlines the increasing concerns about the way REDD is developing in Indonesia, focussing on the role of the World Bank and the Australian government. The World Bank is pushing ahead with its Forest Carbon Partnership Facility in Indonesia in spite of a “storm of criticism from civil society organisations at home and internationally”.
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Last gasp for the forest by The Economist, 29-09-2009
A new climate treaty could provide a highly effective way to reduce carbon emissions by paying people to not cut down forests.
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A new climate treaty could provide a highly effective way to reduce carbon emissions by paying people to not cut down forests by Mongabay, 29-09-2009
Twenty-nine scientists argue in Science today that the world will not be able to lift up the world's poor unless it also addresses global biodiversity loss.
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A Plan to Save Rainforests Gains International Momentum by The New York Times, 29-09-2009
Today, some analysts believe that a plan to save the world's rainforests, championed then by Conrad in Bali, could again carry the day -- this time at international climate talks in Copenhagen in December aimed at drafting a replacement to the Kyoto Protocol.
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Forests fight back as Indonesia tackles illegal palm oil by Reuters, 29-09-2009
In the country's first, symbolic action to stop the lucrative crop's march into protected lands a chainsaw-wielding alliance led by the Aceh Conservation Agency (BPKEL), Acehnese NGOs, and police teams are sweeping tens of thousands of hectares of illegal palm from the 2.5 million hectare Leuser Ecosystem.
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Indonesia needs to refine forest-CO2 rules: lawyers by Reuters, 09-09-2009
Confusing and conflicting regulations are scaring away investors from Indonesia's fledgling forest carbon credit scheme aimed at curbing deforestation, lawyers said on Monday.
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Paying to save the rainforests by Nature, 02-09-2009
Along the Trans-Amazonian Highway in the Brazilian state of Pará, many landowners try to boost their income by clearing a hectare or two each year for farms or cattle grazing. This year, however, may be different: if all goes to plan, around 350 families will receive payments to put rainforest preservation first.
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New Study Shows about Half of Farmlands Worldwide Have Significant Tree Cover by UNEP, 02-09-2009
Scientists Use Detailed Satellite Images to Reveal the Vital Role of Trees on One Billion Hectares of Agricultural Lands in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe.
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Tasmania gets Australia's first REDD deal by Mongabay, 03-08-2009
A forest conservation project in Tasmania has become Australia's first Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) project to meet Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standards. The project, run by Sydney-based Redd Forests, is on 860 hectares of private land in Tasmania.
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