http://www.redd-monitor.org/2009/01/29/redd-in-the-news-19-25-january-2009/ news, views and analysis about reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:47:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.redd-monitor.org/2009/01/29/redd-in-the-news-19-25-january-2009/#comment-656 Joe Lamb Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:07:03 +0000 http://www.redd-monitor.org/?p=1368#comment-656 The Greenpeace comment that we should look to reduce emissions, not to offset them strikes me as a bit binary. Why shouldn't it be BOTH. Getting to 350 is going to require doing everything we can to stop carbon pollution, and to put it back where it belongs: in the soil, in the trees, in the animals. Restoration that prioritizes land rights of indigenous peoples, maintaining species diversity, poverty reduction, and storing carbon should be the core ideas behind a progressive REDD. If the train has left the station, if the momentum behind REDD is real and massive, I say that it is better to become the switch man than to shoot peas at the train. http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0121-hance_reforestation.html The Greenpeace comment that we should look to reduce emissions, not to offset them strikes me as a bit binary. Why shouldn’t it be BOTH. Getting to 350 is going to require doing everything we can to stop carbon pollution, and to put it back where it belongs: in the soil, in the trees, in the animals. Restoration that prioritizes land rights of indigenous peoples, maintaining species diversity, poverty reduction, and storing carbon should be the core ideas behind a progressive REDD. If the train has left the station, if the momentum behind REDD is real and massive, I say that it is better to become the switch man than to shoot peas at the train. http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0121-hance_reforestation.html

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