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Biofuelwatch editor's pick popular
(2 votes)
campaigns for regulation to ensure that only sustainably-sourced biofuels can be sold in the European Union, provides information about the link between biofuels and deforestation and other threats to biodiversity and food supplies.
Added: Jun. 24, 2006 | Rate It
Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance, The editor's pick popular
(5 votes)
developing and promoting a set of rigorous standards for evaluating climate, community and biodiversity impacts of land-based carbon projects
Added: Jun. 21, 2004 | Rate It
Forests Now editor's pick popular
(1 vote)
a declaration calling on world governments to take urgent action on deforestation in the tropics and sub-tropics; such deforestation causes 18-25% of global carbon emissions, which is more than the world’s entire transport industry
Added: Sep. 24, 2007 | Rate It
Palm Oil Action editor's pick popular
concerned with oil palm plantation development and deforestation in Indonesia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea
Added: Sep. 24, 2007 | Rate It
South-East Asia's Peat Fires and Global Warming editor's pick popular
Biofuelwatch presents a fully referenced background piece regarding the seriousness of the destruction of Indonesia's peat forests for the global climate (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It
Tropical Deforestation and Climate Change editor's pick popular
(1 vote)
provides scientific perspectives on tropical deforestation and climate change, and a discussion of compensation payments made via the carbon market to reduce deforestation rates, by the Amazon Institute for Environmental Research, together with Environmental Defense
Added: Jun. 24, 2006 | Rate It
Woods Hole Research Center editor's pick popular
(3 votes)
studies forest ecology to demonstrate its value to local populations who are in a position to foster forest sustainability
Added: Jul. 03, 2001 | Rate It
Biochar for Climate Change Mitigation: Fact or Fiction editor's pick
(2 votes)
briefing paper regarding proposals for using biochar for climate change mitigation and the serious concerns about its likely impacts on climate, soil fertility and communities (pdf)
Added: Feb. 19, 2009 | Rate It
Climate Change: Financing Global Forests editor's pick
a report prepared by Johan Eliasch for the Prime Minister (UK) that provides a comprehensive analysis of international financing to reduce forest loss and its associated impacts on climate change (pdf)
Added: Nov. 15, 2008 | Rate It
Climate Geo-engineering with 'carbon negative' bioenergy - climate saviour or climate endgame? editor's pick
a critical analysis of proposals to use biochar (agrichar) and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage proposals to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and mitigating climate change that depend upon forests (pdf)
Added: Nov. 26, 2008 | Rate It
Ecosystems Climate Alliance editor's pick
an association of environment and social NGOs committed to keeping natural terrestrial ecosystems intact and their carbon out of the atmosphere in ways that respect the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities
Added: Jun. 20, 2009 | Rate It
Environment Outlook in Amazonia editor's pick
report provides a complete and integrated assessment of the globally significant ecosystem of the Amazon Basin (pdf)
Added: Mar. 09, 2009 | Rate It
How Sinar Mas is Pulping the Planet editor's pick
a report by Greenpeace International that describes the controversy surrounding the development of Indonesian peatlands by the pulp and paper and the palm oil industries (pdf)
Added: Oct. 18, 2010 | Rate It
Moving Ahead with REDD editor's pick
online book exploring issues associated with the complex process of implementing Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) (pdf)
Added: Dec. 19, 2008 | Rate It
REDD-Monitor editor's pick
provides analysis, opinions, news and views about Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) whereby carbon markets promote forest protection
Added: Oct. 28, 2008 | Rate It
Rush to Biofuels, The -- Not All Biofuels Are Created Equal editor's pick
analysis and recommendations for U.S. biofuels policy; concluding that biofuels are not the silver bullet solution that
some say they will be (pdf)
Added: Jul. 20, 2007 | Rate It
Terrestrial Carbon Disturbance from Mountaintop Mining Increases Lifecycle Emissions for Clean Coal editor's pick
an Environmental Science and Technology magazine article abstract that suggests mountaintop coal mining (MCM) produces unexpected amounts of carbon and studies are needed to determine the impact of such mining
Added: Mar. 30, 2010 | Rate It
UN-REDD Program editor's pick
a United Nations program that provides funding for activities that reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries
Added: Aug. 04, 2009 | Rate It
Vested Interests - Industrial Logging and Carbon in Tropical Fprests editor's pick
a report by Global Witness that discusses the carbon sequestration ability of natural rainforests with that of selectively logged forests
Added: Jun. 20, 2009 | Rate It
Forests Absorbing Carbon dioxide Emission - Face Foundation popular
(1 vote)
funds the planting and maintenance of forests in order to curb the greenhouse effect
Added: Jul. 03, 2001 | Rate It
Global Roundtable on Climate Change popular
(5 votes)
a stakeholder forum of leaders from industry, governments and NGOs, set up to discuss and explore areas of potential consensus regarding core scientific, technological, and economic issues critical to shaping sound public policies on climate change
Added: Mar. 08, 2007 | Rate It
Project POTICO: Palm Oil, Timber & Carbon Offsets in Indonesia
WRI project in Indonesia to curb new oil palm plantations from clearing virgin or primary forests by developing diversified revenue streams
Added: Feb. 11, 2009 | Rate It
Assesment of CO2 emissions from drained peatlands in South-East Asia
a report that calculates CO2 emissions from peat oxidation and peat fires in South East Asia and investigates the causes, likely future trends and options for mitigation strategies; by Delft Hydraulics in cooperation with Wetlands International and Alterra
Added: Jan. 04, 2007 | Rate It
Avoided Deforestation Partners.org
(2 votes)
works to harness market forces toward halting tropical deforestation through innovative public and private sector partnerships
Added: Feb. 08, 2008 | Rate It
Bioenergy
the Energy Branch of UNEP's Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics provides a description of the issues surrounding the use of biofuels
Added: Nov. 23, 2009 | Rate It
