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[Latest News] Forest conservation may have negative impacts on some ecosystems: If forests are protected through REDD without addressing the underlying causes of forest clearance, such as increasing demand for food, then some clearance of natural ecosystems will simply shift to other areas and different habitats will be destroyed, according to Miles.
[Thaindian News] Forest conservation may have negative impacts on some ecosystems: Washington, June 13 (ANI): Scientists have suggested that plans to conserve forests may have potential negative impacts on some ecosystems.
[Sustainabilitank] FAO at Bonn looks at forrests in context of climate change.: Calculating carbon stock changes in low-carbon density forestlands poses challenges due to the lack of data on these forests in many countries. How can this lack of data/information be addressed to arrive at a useful and reliable estimate of financial flows that could become available for low-carbon density forestlands?
[olyecology weblog] 354 - Earth's Tree News: Our scheme calls for a valuing of the entire forest ecosystem, with local communities as the custodians.’ Rather than trade carbon internationally, the Global Canopy Programme proposes bundling up forest ecosystems into ”˜funds’ to be .
[IISD Reporting Services Blog] UNFCCC SB 28 AND AWG - Events on Wednesday, 4 June 2008: Johannes Förester, IUCN, on behalf of David Huberman, IUCN, said REDD could be an example of international Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES). He identified challenges, including institutional capacity and land tenure issues, but said PES encourages: sustainable land management and reaching communities dependent on local forests.
[Climate Change] Melange: REDD - I referenced the movement for “reducing emissions from deforestation and ecosystem degradation” in my last post below. Here’sa little more insight from “The Economist” going back to March. They mention projects that are trying to ...
[olyecology weblog] 355 - Earth's Tree News: --Philippines: 11) DENR checkpoints are different than lots of other checkpoints, 12) Mangrove summary, 13) Syndicate behind illegal logging in Sitio Tawan Dagat
[jungle blog] Forest Green: The current treaty only gives credit to countries for replanting - not for maintaining - their forests. Getting such efforts recognized in the next agreement is the driving factor behind the concept of REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation), a charge that CI has aggressively led.
[olyecology weblog] 344 - Earth's Tree News: The enhanced destruction of forests that would result from the commercialization of GE trees will take a very high toll, not only on wildlife and biodiversity, but on forest-dependent and indigenous communities and women. You cannot say that you support the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, and that you are committed to biodiversity protection, yet simultaneously allow the release of GE trees.
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