The World Bank approves R-Plans for Guyana and Panama. The Clinton Foundation’s Jan Hartke visits Guyana and gushes about President Jagdeo’s climate plans. The Guyana Human Rights Association is a lot more concerned. Guyana’s Amerindians demand meaningful consultation.
PNG’s director of the Office of Climate Change, Theo Yasause, is suspended. Cambodia signs an agreement for a REDD project. The Economist looks at Ecuador’s plans for Yasuní National Park. India wants conservation, afforestation and sustainable forest management to be included in REDD. Brazil opposes carbon markets for preventing deforestation. Brazil and India want historical emissions to be taken into account in Copenhagen.
John O. Niles of the Tropical Forest Group writes on forests, conservation and REDD on Mongabay. UNFCCC Secretariat adds a list of documents relevant to REDD to its website. A critical review of the film, The Burning Season, on Green Left Review.
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