February 23, 2012
Tesco and the charity RSPB have joined forces in a new partnership to raise millions of pounds to protect vulnerable rainforests and communities around the world.
Shoppers will be able to donate their green Clubcard points, Clubcard vouchers or give money directly to the RSPB. Tesco has also committed to contributing £75,000 from the sale of Together For Trees reusable bags and has also made RSPB Cymru the beneficiary of funds raised through the Welsh carrier bag charge...
As a tangible commendation of the mandate and achievements of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the Government of Norway has committed NOK 200 million (US$35 million) for the 2012-2013 biennium to support activities across UNEP’s Programme of Work.
This contribution is in addition to Norway’s generous annual support to the core funding of UNEP and its support to key programmes such as the joint UNEP-UNDP-FAO, which is supporting capacity development and...
South Africa is looking to introduce a carbon tax next year to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions, although nearly two-thirds of emissions will be tax-exempt until 2020 to lessen the impact on industry, the treasury said on Wednesday.
In its 2012/13 budget, the treasury proposed a 60 percent tax-free threshold on annual emissions for all sectors, including electricity, petroleum, iron, steel and aluminium. It proposed a carbon tax of 120 rand per ton of CO2e (carbon...
The European Union is coming up short in stemming the flow of illegal and unsustainable timber into the confederated countries, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
The criticism comes in anticipation of March 3, 2013, when the EU will enact the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan. In essence, the legislation is similar to the U.S.’s current Lacey Act, which attempts to ensure that only legally harvested timber is imported into...
This spring, Parties to the UNFCCC must decide whether or not to continue discussions on the REDD+ safeguard information system (SIS) guidance that started in Durban. In particular, Parties have the option of developing further guidance related to the “transparency, consistency, comprehensiveness and effectiveness of the information” in the SIS. Parties may not wish to reopen this discussion given the many topics that still need to be addressed to make REDD+ operational, but not re-opening...
Deforestation is a major source of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, and the greatest single driver of species extinctions. The reduction of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) has been formally recognized as a climate change mitigation option. REDD might have important co-benefits for biodiversity conservation, yet the extent of these benefits will depend on as-yet untested associations between fine-scale spatial patterns of deforestation, species distributions...
February 22, 2012
Comments on the Draft Social and Environmental Principles and Criteria – Benefit and Risks Tool (SEPC-BeRT) were opened until January 20th 2012.
The BeRT has been developed to apply the SEPC in the formulation of national REDD+ programmes and initiatives seeking UN-REDD support (SEPC objective 1). The objective of the draft BeRT in its current form is therefore to guide the preparation of national UN-REDD programmes.
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The UN-REDD Programme is working with partners and REDD+ countries to develop tools and guidance to enhance the multiple benefits of REDD+ and reduce risks from inadequate planning and implementation. As part of this work, a set of Social and Environmental Principles and Criteria are being developed.
The Principles and Criteria are intended to contribute to the UN-REDD Programme’s developing framework for ensuring that the Programme’s activities contribute effectively to...
The Executive Secretary of Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is circulating the submissions received from Parties and international non-governmental organizations on relevant safeguards in reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries (REDD+) in response to notification No. SCBD/STTM/JM/TC/JSt/74726.
This notification was...
The newly established Panel on Biodiversity, Forest Management, and REDD+ will convene its 1st meeting in Rome. The Panel will work on refining the assessment’s outline and on distributing the task between authors.
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Report from the event:
Twenty-five Panel Members and representatives of IUFRO and FAO...