REDD+ PAYMENTS AND THE LIMITATIONS OF OPPORTUNITY COST APPROACHES Let’s assume for a moment that I own a well-managed 1″000-hectare rainforest. I have harvesting rights”…

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As written by Chris Lang” 15th December 2011 In March 2011″ a consulting firm called the Munden Project put out a report about forest carbon…

As written by Fred Pearce on Tuesday” December 6″ 2011 Halting tropical deforestation gained a new level of urgency at the Durban climate change summit…

As published on the UN-REDD Programme website on Wednesday” December 7″ 2011 The UN-REDD Programme is pleased to share the following press release in support…

The BBC World Service program Outlook recently featured an interview with Nigerian forest activist and RRI collaborator Odigha Odigha.  His lifelong struggle to safeguard the…

As posted on the World Resources Report website on October 18″ 2011 Synopsis: “Recent extreme weather events including floods” heat waves” and droughts present a…

As written by Laurie Goering on October 13″ 2011 LONDON (AlertNet) – Curbing climate change by paying to protect the world’s forests has proved much…

As published by Mongabay.com on October 11″ 2011 This is a special debate hosted by mongabay.con on behalf of the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI)…

As written by Emilio Godoy on September 30″ 2011 MEXICO CITY” Sep 30″ 2011 (IPS) – Despite the growing participation of women in forestry projects…

As written by Darryl Vhugen on October 4″ 2011 Much has been written about the global land rush –the trend in which investors” eager to…

As written by Sakina Shakil on October 1″ 2011   According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)” deforestation causes a fifth of global…