Yesterday Europe blocked the protection of natural forests at the Bangkok Climate Talks. Is the Prince of Wales Rainforest Project (PRP) Emergency Package a viable alternative solution for forests? We speak to Tony Juniper, special advisor to PRP and former director of Friends of the Earth.
30 minute show originally broadcast on ResonanceFM 
http://resonancefm.com
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References:
EU Blocks Protection of Natural Forests at Bangkok Climate Talks – ECA, 9 October 2009
http://www.ecosystemsclimate.org/NewsEvents/Pressreleases/tabid/1617/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1901/Default.aspx
Update (subsequent to broadcast): British delegate's pro-logging stance prompts EU apology
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/oct/09/british-logging-eu-apology
Prince’s Rainforest Project
A green bailout to stop deforestation - Tony Juniper, The Guardian, 7 Sept 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/sep/07/deforestation-brazil-guyana
Prince's Rainforests Project
http://www.rainforestsos.org
PRP's "Emergency Package for Tropical Forests” - March 2009
http://www.rainforestsos.org/pages/emergency-package/
Indigenous Land Rights
“REDD – Reaping profits from Evictions, land grabs, Deforestation and Destruction of Biodiversity” - IEN, October 2009
http://www.ienearth.org/REDD/redd.pdf
Give forests back to local people to save them – Fred Pearce, New Scientist, 7 October 2009
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17937-give-forests-back-to-local-people-to-save-them.html
REDD at the UN talks
REDD discussions in Bangkok – REDD-Monitor, 8 October 2009
http://www.redd-monitor.org/2009/10/08/redd-discussions-in-bangkok/
REDD – An Introduction – REDD Monitor
http://www.redd-monitor.org/redd-an-introduction
Giant Loophole in Forest Plan – FoE, December 2008
http://www.foei.org/en/media/archive/2008/giant-loophole-in-forest-plans
Biofuels
World’s Forests Rapidly Disappearing – Biofuels a Major Driver – FoEI, March 2009
http://www.foei.org/en/media/archive/2009/world-forests-rapidly-disappearing
European Biofuel Use Driving Disaster in Indonesia – FoEE, 23 September 2009
http://www.foeeurope.org/press/2009/Sep23_European_biofuel_use_driving_disaster_in_Indonesia.html
New Report Casts Doubt of Biofuels ‘Wonder Crop’ Jatropha – FoEI, May 2009
http://www.foei.org/en/media/archive/2009/new-report-casts-doubt-over-biofuels-2018wonder-crop2019-jatropha
‘Sustainable Palm Oil’ advert false says watchdog – FoEI, 10 September, 2009
http://www.foei.org/en/media/archive/2009/sustainable-palm-oil-advert-false-says-watchdog
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The 300-350 Show is made for ResonanceFM in London and is syndicated free to not-for-profit community radio stations and independent media outlets around the globe.
The programme is named after what is now believed to the safe level in parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This finding is based on the work of James Hansen and his team in a paper titled "Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim." http://arxiv.org/abs/0804.1126
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References:
EU Blocks Protection of Natural Forests at Bangkok Climate Talks – ECA, 9 October 2009
http://www.ecosystemsclimate.org/NewsEvents/Pressreleases/tabid/1617/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1901/Default.aspx Update (subsequent to broadcast): British delegate's pro-logging stance prompts EU apology
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/oct/09/british-logging-eu-apology Prince’s Rainforest Project
A green bailout to stop deforestation - Tony Juniper, The Guardian, 7 Sept 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/sep/07/deforestation-brazil-guyana Prince's Rainforests Project
http://www.rainforestsos.org PRP's "Emergency Package for Tropical Forests” - March 2009
http://www.rainforestsos.org/pages/emergency-package/ Indigenous Land Rights
“REDD – Reaping profits from Evictions, land grabs, Deforestation and Destruction of Biodiversity” - IEN, October 2009
http://www.ienearth.org/REDD/redd.pdf Give forests back to local people to save them – Fred Pearce, New Scientist, 7 October 2009
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17937-give-forests-back-to-local-people-to-save-them.html REDD at the UN talks
REDD discussions in Bangkok – REDD-Monitor, 8 October 2009
http://www.redd-monitor.org/2009/10/08/redd-discussions-in-bangkok/ REDD – An Introduction – REDD Monitor
http://www.redd-monitor.org/redd-an-introduction Giant Loophole in Forest Plan – FoE, December 2008
http://www.foei.org/en/media/archive/2008/giant-loophole-in-forest-plans Biofuels
World’s Forests Rapidly Disappearing – Biofuels a Major Driver – FoEI, March 2009
http://www.foei.org/en/media/archive/2009/world-forests-rapidly-disappearing European Biofuel Use Driving Disaster in Indonesia – FoEE, 23 September 2009
http://www.foeeurope.org/press/2009/Sep23_European_biofuel_use_driving_disaster_in_Indonesia.html New Report Casts Doubt of Biofuels ‘Wonder Crop’ Jatropha – FoEI, May 2009
http://www.foei.org/en/media/archive/2009/new-report-casts-doubt-over-biofuels-2018wonder-crop2019-jatropha ‘Sustainable Palm Oil’ advert false says watchdog – FoEI, 10 September, 2009
http://www.foei.org/en/media/archive/2009/sustainable-palm-oil-advert-false-says-watchdog ---
The 300-350 Show is made for ResonanceFM in London and is syndicated free to not-for-profit community radio stations and independent media outlets around the globe.
The programme is named after what is now believed to the safe level in parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This finding is based on the work of James Hansen and his team in a paper titled "Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim."
http://arxiv.org/abs/0804.1126
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