Edwin Chota fue uno de los cuatro miembros del pueblo Ashéninka asesinados en la Amazonía peruana la semana pasada por el pecado de la protección del bosque. Pero Chota era algo más que un líder. Él era un padre, un marido y un amigo. Aquí lo recordamos, en sus palabras y de nuestros propios recuerdos. […]
Los indígenas que luchan por preservar sus bosques continúan enfrentando numerosas amenazas, incluida la violencia física. En el último incidente, cuatro líderes Ashaninka de Perú fueron asesinados, al parecer por parte de madereros ilegales en un asesinato por venganza relacionada con sus esfuerzos por defender sus bosques contra la invasión ilegal. Una reunión prevista de […]
Thirteen governors from rainforest states signed the Rio Branco Declaration, a commitment to cut deforestation 80% by 2020, if funding for avoided deforestation (REDD) materializes. Brazil, the country receiving the most performance-based payments from climate funder Norway, has successfully prevented the clearing of 6.2 million hectares of forest between 2007 and 2013, but many other countries are on the edge of deforesting… or not. The Indonesian government, for instance, has commitments to curb greenhouse gas emissions but also plans to clear 14 million hectares of degraded forest by 2020. Other countries, such as Ghana and South Korea, recently made strides forward in their REDD readiness processes.
Muchos países de selva tropical dependen de cultivos de oleaginosas como soya o aceite de palma, pero mismos cultivos son los principales causantes de la deforestación. Gobernadores de 13 estados en países selváticos se han comprometido a renunciar ese ingreso y reducir la deforestación en un 80% entre hoy y el 2020 – pero necesitan […]
Many rainforest nations depend on oilseed crops like soybeans and palm oil, but those same crops are among the leading drivers of deforestation. Governors from 13 states in rainforest nations have committed to forego that income and slash deforestation by 80% between now and 2020 – but they need credible REDD finance to get the job done.
While the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change hasn’t yet considered identifying linkages between adaptation and mitigation, several Parties agreed over its importance at last month’s climate conference in Bonn. The topic is likely to come up again during upcoming sessions in Bonn and at COP20 in Lima.
Ecosystem Marketplace’s carbon team is in the final stages of data collection for the upcoming forest carbon markets report. Meanwhile, a local Colombian community attempts to use the REDD mechanism (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) to preserve its rainforest.
Everyone loves “results-based finance” – at least in the abstract – because everyone likes to get what they paid for. Quantifying those results and packaging them for buyers, however, has proven elusive once you get beyond payments for ecosystem services. Here’s a look back on the evolution of results-based finance.
Tanzania and China experiment with public-private partnerships to minimize water-related risks while Costa Rica models the revolving loan fund for watershed protection. And Ecosystem Marketplace reaches the one month mark before its State of Watershed Investment 2014 report launches.
Forest carbon critics often contend that REDD finance will disenfranchise indigenous communities, but now the World Resources Institute and Rights and Resources International have published a new study saying the opposite may be true. Instead of threatening forest communities, REDD appears to be supporting them.