La agencia norteamericana para el desarrollo internacional USAID (United States Agency for International Development) está dirigiendo al Gobierno de los Estados Unidos en la implementación de su programa de elecciones estratégicas y esfuerzos para retener carbono en bosques y áreas forestales…
The Government of Ecuador (GoE) has taken important steps to demonstrate commitment to issues related to conserving forests and forest carbon in general, and more specifically, the various existing and potential opportunities to engage in what is known as reduced emissions from deforestation…
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is leading the United States Government’s implementation of its Strategic Choices for United States Fast Start Financing for REDD+.1 To pursue this strategy efficiently requires effective communication between government agencies…
Forests are disappearing globally at an alarming rate. Huge amounts of emissions are released into the atmosphere as forests are cleared to make room for other forms of land use. Deforestation and forest degradation are the source of at least 15% to 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions (…
A major peer-reviewed scientific handbook on Climate Change, Human Security and Violent Conflict - Challenges for Societal Stability of more than 900 pages by Springer was written by 61 authors from 21 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, North and Latin America and edited by:
If companies don’t know how to account for carbon credits, they don’t really know how to deal in them – and, with no agreed-on rules for such accounting, each company is following its own rules. That could cost dearly down the road, which is why the International Forest Carbon Association…
By providing estimated figures for indigenous and forest peoples’ populations in countries and regions across the globe, this new Forest Peoples Programme report seeks to raise awareness of the existence of peoples who primarily depend on forests for their livelihoods, and to enhance…
Biocultural community protocols can serve as a platform for communities to engage with external actors such as government agencies, researchers, NGOs, and the private sector according to their own terms, plans, priorities, and rights and responsibilities.
How are indigenous and local people faring in their dealings with mining and related industries in the first part of the 21st century? The unifying experience in all the resource-rich states covered in the book is the social and economic disadvantage experienced by indigenous peoples and…
Over the past few years, so-called "" have become an increasingly hot topic. But reliable data has been hard to find. Now, an international coalition of NGOs and research groups has…