As Europe stands accused of blocking the protection of intact natural forests and introducing logging-friendly language into the UN draft climate deal, we take a look at some of the key components that should be in an effective deal for saving the world’s forests. As Nathaniel Dyer of the Rainforest Foundation UK explains, saving forests is about a lot more than simply throwing money at the problem. Land rights, governance and demand management are also critical. And payment for forest protection should come from public funds rather than carbon markets.
Rainforest Foundation UK
http://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/
Ecosystems Climate Alliance
http://www.ecosystemsclimate.org/
Ecosystems Climate Alliance position paper on REDD (submission to UNFCCC, 24 April 2009)
http://www.ecosystemsclimate.org/Portals/22/watch%20and%20read/Submissions/ECA%20Submission%20on%20REDD-24%20April%202009.pdf
Give forests back to local people to save them (New Scientist, 7 October 2009)
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427293.400-give-forests-back-to-local-people-to-save-them.html
From green ideals to REDD money (FERN, December 2008)
http://www.fern.org/media/documents/document_4316_4321.pdf
Rainforest treaty fatally flawed (Independent, 26 October 2009)
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/rainforest-treaty-fatally-flawed-1809412.html
Forests and the European Union Resource Network
http://www.fern.org/
Difference over indigenous people’s rights and forest conversion in REDD-plus (TWN, 9 October 2009)
http://www.twnside.org.sg/title2/climate/news/bangkok02/TWN_update18.doc
/Deconstructing%20LULUCF%5B1%5D.Final.FInal.doc
Vested interests: industrial logging and carbon in tropical forests (Global Witness, June 2009)
http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_get.php/1067/1256677159/vested_interests.pdf
Deconstructing LULUCF and its perversities (Global Witness et al)
http://www.ecosystemsclimate.org/Portals/22/watch%20and%20read/papers
Is REDD underming European Forest Law Governance and Trade (FLEGT) framework
(FERN, March 2009)
http://www.fern.org/media/documents/document_4446_4447.pdf
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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
http://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/ Ecosystems Climate Alliance
http://www.ecosystemsclimate.org/ Ecosystems Climate Alliance position paper on REDD (submission to UNFCCC, 24 April 2009)
http://www.ecosystemsclimate.org/Portals/22/watch%20and%20read/Submissions/ECA%20Submission%20on%20REDD-24%20April%202009.pdf Give forests back to local people to save them (New Scientist, 7 October 2009)
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427293.400-give-forests-back-to-local-people-to-save-them.html From green ideals to REDD money (FERN, December 2008)
http://www.fern.org/media/documents/document_4316_4321.pdf Rainforest treaty fatally flawed (Independent, 26 October 2009)
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/rainforest-treaty-fatally-flawed-1809412.html Forests and the European Union Resource Network
http://www.fern.org/ Difference over indigenous people’s rights and forest conversion in REDD-plus (TWN, 9 October 2009)
http://www.twnside.org.sg/title2/climate/news/bangkok02/TWN_update18.doc /Deconstructing%20LULUCF%5B1%5D.Final.FInal.doc
Vested interests: industrial logging and carbon in tropical forests (Global Witness, June 2009)
http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_get.php/1067/1256677159/vested_interests.pdf Deconstructing LULUCF and its perversities (Global Witness et al)
http://www.ecosystemsclimate.org/Portals/22/watch%20and%20read/papers Is REDD underming European Forest Law Governance and Trade (FLEGT) framework
(FERN, March 2009)
http://www.fern.org/media/documents/document_4446_4447.pdf ---
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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