The past two weeks of forest carbon news has been complete with important developments in the world of REDD and carbon trading. With credits released in Kenya and key aspects of Norwey’s memerandums to Indonesia and Guyana in the news, there is plenty to read up about. And its not too late to make your contribution to the State of the Forest Carbon Markets 2011, with the survey deadline extended to February 28.
A few weeks back, we examined our top stories of 2010 in water, biodiversity, and forest carbon. In this week’s Forest Carbon Newsletter, we crunch our website traffic numbers a bit more to distill the top ten forest carbon themes of the past year – which appears to have been a pivotal one.
Along with the latest news from the New Year, this weeks Forest Carbon news is taking a last look at 2010. Ecosystem Marketplace’s team distilled website traffic over the past year, bringing the top 10 themes emerging from forest carbon news. 2010 proved to be a year of major milestones for the world of forest carbon – here is a reminder of the biggest ones.
Recent events leading up to the Cancun climate change discussions have hinted at greater inclusion of water in the context of the climate change negotiations. The collection of stories in this edition of W.E.T. reflect this reality and suggest that some are ahead of the curve in developing programs and policies to respond to climate change.
While UNFCCC COP16 has taken the spotlight this month, we have not forgottent the biodiversity market. Domestic news includes a recent change in the way the USACE is documenting decisions. International news includes the first global tiger conservation conference, held in St. Petersburg. Here is the latest from the world of biodiversity markets.
The front lines of environmental defense are many, and most of them aren’t manned by protesters and khaki-clad revolutionaries. Today, the battle is being waged by an interdisciplinary phalanx of foresters, botanists, lawyers and economists who aim to make sure the laws of man recognize both the laws of nature and the laws of supply and demand. They do, however, wear khaki.
The fallout from US elections put cap-and-trade on the chopping block at the federal level while California granted a reprieve to its embattled climate policy. CCX announced it would be downsizing significantly, and around the world, several new countries joined up with multilateral REDD funds whom are just now beginning to share their thinking caps. And as always, there’s the scandals…
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This week, the REDD world is reflecting on the conclusions from Nagoya and preparing for the upcoming talks in Cancun. The news from the past two weeks has spanned coverage of everything from the forest world’s concern over corruption to the positive developments in national REDD efforts to a new way to assess forest carbon stores. The latest in Forest Carbon News.
REDD+ and financing have been focus topics this week at Nagoya as delegates discuss efforts to halt biodiversity loss. A report launched this week examines REDD+ projects already underway, with an emphasis on infrastructure and financing. Here is a breakdown of the report: