The REDD+ Safeguards Information System Working Group has produced a briefing paper on safeguards information systems. The briefing was produced ahead of the climate meetings in May 2012 in Bonn.
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Green Resources’ carbon plantations in Tanzania. Curse or cure?
A critical look at Green Resources’ carbon plantations in Tanzania by Adrian Nel and Kadija Sharife.
The Story of REDD: A real solution to deforestation?
A new animated film about REDD was launched yesterday at the annual meeting of the Forest Movement Europe in Portugal. “This film attempts to explain the key issues in a simple to understand way,” says Wolfgang Kuhlmann of ARA, one of the seven NGOs that produced the film.
Free, prior and informed consent? Not in Ecosystem Restoration Associates’ REDD project in DR Congo
By Chris Lang In a press release last month, Ecosystem Restoration Associates (ERA) announced that, “Through the development and monetization of high quality carbon offsets, the Mai Ndombe project will deliver ecosystem, social, economic, biodiversity and climatic benefits for communities within and beyond the project area.”