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Interview with Frank Momberg, Fauna and Flora International: “A community forestry REDD+ programme rolled out nationwide would have a large influence on reducing deforestation and empowering local people”

Posted on 19 April 201211 February 2022

Interview with Frank Momberg: “A nationwide rolled out community forestry REDD+ programme would have a large influence on reducing deforestation and empowering local people.”

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REDD and carbon markets: A look at two parallel planets

Posted on 20 November 20113 August 2015

Here, as promised, is my presentation from last month’s meeting in Bangkok about carbon markets in Southeast Asia. My presentation contrasts the way the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative and others still promote carbon trading despite the fact that the carbon markets have been in the doldrums for well over two years.

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Mining company to buy 50% of Carbon Conservation: Will REDD help greenwash mining?

Posted on 5 May 201131 January 2016

This week, a Canadian mining company called East Asia Minerals Corporation, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to buy 50% of Carbon Conservation Pty Ltd. East Asia Minerals’ aim is simple: “Through the acquisition of a 50% equity interest in CC, the Company will develop a ‘green’ mining project which will use carbon and biodiversity offsets…

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Interviews about Ulu Masen, Indonesia: A REDD-labelled Protected Area

Posted on 20 January 20101 February 2011

The Ulu Masen project covers an area of 770,000 hectares in Aceh province in the north of Sumatra. The project aims to generate 3.3 million carbon credits a year to finance conservation and development projects for local communities. To find out more, REDD-Monitor interviewed Joe Heffernan of Flora & Fauna International and David Gaveau of…

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The private sector and REDD: “Turning liabilities into assets”

Posted on 4 December 200823 May 2019

International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) was by far the biggest “NGO” at last year’s climate conference in Bali. In Poznan, IETA has hired a building inside the International Trade Fair where the climate conference is taking place.

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