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Biofuels threaten to accelerate global warming

http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/docs/biofuels-accelerate-climate-change.pdf

report by Biofuelwatch about the climate impacts of large-scale biofuel production
Added: Jun. 22, 2007 | Rate It

Climate and Deforestation

http://www.foei.org/en/resources/publications/forests-and-biodiversity/2008/redd-myths

a critical review, by Friends of the Earth, of proposed mechanisms for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) in developing countries (pdf)
Added: Dec. 14, 2008 | Rate It

Clouds on the Horizon: The Congo Basin's Forests and Climate Change

http://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/files/Global%20Warming%20Low%20PDF.pdf

a report by the Rainforest Foundation UK about emissions from deforestation in the Congo Basin, and the likely impact of increased logging and land conversion in the future (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

Cool Earth

http://www.coolearth.org/

8 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

works to control carbon emissions and halt climate change by tackling tropical deforestation, purchasing rainforests for their carbon ecosystem services
Added: Oct. 10, 2006 | Rate It

Deforestation Causes Climate Change

http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/footprint/climate_carbon_energy/forest_climate/

the WWF is working to reduce the destruction of forests; the result of deforestation is an increase in greenhouse gas emissions
Added: Apr. 24, 2011 | Rate It

Deforestation, Forest Degradation, Biodiversity Loss and CO2 Emissionsin Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Environment/documents/2008/02/26/riaureport.pdf

report documents deforestation and degradation of natural forests in a section of Sumatra, Indonesia, and its impacts upon carbon release and climate change (pdf)
Added: Mar. 03, 2008 | Rate It

Global Warming

http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/solutions/forest_solutions/REDD.html

Union of Concerned Scientists site providing reports, articles and fact sheets regarding tropical forests and the REDD program
Added: Jun. 01, 2009 | Rate It

Illegal Wood for the European Market

http://assets.panda.org/downloads/illegal_wood_for_the_european_market_july_2008.pdf

a WWF report that estimates the magnitude of timber from illegal sources which reach the European market (pdf)
Added: Oct. 28, 2008 | Rate It

Impacts and Opportunities of Oil Palm in Southeast Asia, The

http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/nc/online-library/browse/view-publication/publication/2792.html

from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), a report that examines what we know and what we don’t know about oil palm developments
Added: Oct. 07, 2009 | Rate It

Keeping the Amazon Forests Standing: A Matter of Values

http://assets.panda.org/downloads/wnf_amazonerapport_def.pdf

a report by the WWF that places an economic value on the ecosystem services provided by tropical rainforests (pdf)
Added: Feb. 19, 2009 | Rate It

RAINFOR

http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/projects/rainfor/

7 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

an international network established to monitor the biomass and dynamics of Amazonian forests
Added: Dec. 03, 2004 | Rate It

Real Cost of Agrofuels: Food, Forest and the Climate, The

http://vh-gfc.dpi.nl/img/userpics/File/publications/Therealcostofagrofuels.pdf

report concludes current and future agrofuel technologies are a key direct and indirect cause of global deforestation, and thus contribute to climate change as well as to loss of livelihoods (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

REDD Site, The

http://thereddsite.wordpress.com/

a blog that focuses on the ongoing development of an international REDD (Reducing greenhouse gas Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) mechanism and its implications for indigenous peoples, as well as highlighting REDD projects and resources relevant to their particular needs
Added: Feb. 28, 2010 | Rate It

REDD Web Platform

http://unfccc.int/methods_science/redd/items/4531.php

a clearinghouse where parties, relevant organizations and stakeholders are encouraged to submit information relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD)
Added: Jun. 01, 2009 | Rate It

Rettet den Regenwald (Rainforest Rescue)

http://www.rainforest-rescue.org/news

news from a German non-profit that organizes protest actions against rainforest destruction by loggers, companies such as oil or mining companies and development projects
Added: May. 01, 2009 | Rate It

Terrestrial Carbon Group, The

http://www.terrestrialcarbon.org/

objective is to insure that terrestrial carbon is effectively included in the international response to climate change
Added: Oct. 28, 2008 | Rate It

Voluntary Carbon Standard - Guidance for Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use Projects

http://www.v-c-s.org/docs/AFOLU%20Guidance%20Document.pdf

a report that identifies the latest solutions for mitigating the impacts of land use practices on climate change and that provides best-practice guidance for project activities (pdf)
Added: Nov. 26, 2008 | Rate It
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