http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on reducing forest emissions and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/reducing-forest-emissions/news/ The climate change debate offers a way to integrate forest management into development policy, but strategies must be informed by good science.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/reducing-forest-emissions/reducing-forest-emissions-needs-good-science.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_reducingforestemissionsWed, 08 Jul 2009 08:05:00 GMTTo get the best for and from Africa, REDD negotiators must hear African viewpoints, says head of the African Forest Forum, Godwin Kowero.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/reducing-forest-emissions/getting-redd-right-for-africa.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_reducingforestemissionsWed, 08 Jul 2009 08:04:00 GMTWithout knowing REDD's true costs we can't analyse the benefits, says the ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins' Peter A. Minang.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/reducing-forest-emissions/what-are-the-real-costs-of-reducing-forest-emissio.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_reducingforestemissionsWed, 08 Jul 2009 08:03:00 GMTGrowing trees among crops could sustain both environments and livelihoods in Africa, say F.K. Akinnifesi, B. Muys and O.C. Ajayi.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/reducing-forest-emissions/africa-needs-agroforestry-to-cut-forest-emissions.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_reducingforestemissionsWed, 08 Jul 2009 08:02:00 GMTHannah Chalmers gives the low-down on how reducing emissions from deforestation can play a central role in tackling climate change.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/reducing-forest-emissions/reducing-forest-emissions-facts-and-figures.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_reducingforestemissionsWed, 08 Jul 2009 08:01:00 GMTSouth Asian countries must be rewarded for afforestation, reforestation and carbon stock growth, say N. H. Ravindranath and Shamama Afreen.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/reducing-forest-emissions/climate-deals-should-reward-wider-forest-managemen.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_reducingforestemissionsWed, 08 Jul 2009 08:01:00 GMTReducing deforestation is crucial to mitigate climate change, but it mustn't be used as an excuse to continue polluting, says Roman Czebiniak of Greenpeace.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/reducing-forest-emissions/the-promise-and-peril-of-redd.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_reducingforestemissionsWed, 08 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMTRemote sensing is crucial for getting the measure of forest loss. Countries don't need their own satellites but they do need training.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/reducing-forest-emissions/an-eye-in-the-sky-watching-forests-disappear-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_reducingforestemissionsWed, 08 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMTSmall farmers across the developing world could benefit from a project to measure the amount of carbon locked in soils.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/reducing-forest-emissions/small-farmers-could-cash-in-on-carbon-monitoring.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_reducingforestemissionsMon, 22 Jun 2009 03:26:21 GMTLocking carbon away as charcoal in the soil could help to mitigate climate change but whether it will work in practice remains a mystery.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/reducing-forest-emissions/-dark-earth-and-its-carbon-holding-powers.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_reducingforestemissionsMon, 15 Jun 2009 04:03:49 GMTWe should heed researchers' findings that ceasing deforestation in the Amazon could boost its climate change resilience, says Andrew Mitchell.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/reducing-forest-emissions/amazon-trees-worth-more-alive-than-dead.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_reducingforestemissionsFri, 08 May 2009 01:34:53 GMTSafeguarding and replanting forests are key to reducing flooding and protecting wood supplies, says Lester R. Brown.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/reducing-forest-emissions/we-must-protect-our-forests.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_reducingforestemissionsFri, 24 Apr 2009 08:00:00 GMTDeveloping countries have been funded to take part in the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation scheme.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/reducing-forest-emissions/countries-funded-to-plan-forest-protection.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_reducingforestemissionsThu, 16 Apr 2009 03:03:30 GMTForests are valuable assets, and reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) should be prioritised, says Virgilio M. Viana.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/reducing-forest-emissions/waving-the-redd-flag.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_reducingforestemissionsThu, 16 Apr 2009 01:55:56 GMTDeveloped and developing countries are divided over whether a registry to record mitigation efforts should be mandatory.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/reducing-forest-emissions/battle-lines-drawn-over-climate-mitigation-registr.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_reducingforestemissionsThu, 16 Apr 2009 12:53:03 GMTFor Africa to effectively adapt to climate change, the rules of the game must change in Copenhagen, says Araya Asfaw.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/reducing-forest-emissions/climate-change-bring-africa-in-from-the-cold-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_reducingforestemissionsWed, 04 Mar 2009 08:30:26 GMTResearchers have demonstrated for the first time that African forests are absorbing a substantial amount of extra carbon.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/reducing-forest-emissions/african-forests-prove-valuable-carbon-sink.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_reducingforestemissionsWed, 25 Feb 2009 02:53:24 GMTGrowing forests might be easy but getting developing-country forests onto the carbon market is proving more difficult.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/reducing-forest-emissions/growing-money-on-trees-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_reducingforestemissionsTue, 13 Jan 2009 03:22:36 GMTTraining tree fellers in forest management can cut tree damage and carbon emissions from degradation, argue Francis E. Putz and colleagues.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/reducing-forest-emissions/training-tree-fellers-helps-cut-carbon-emissions.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_reducingforestemissionsTue, 22 Jul 2008 03:48:12 GMTBrazil is set to launch a satellite, carrying a British-made high-tech camera, in 2011 for various applications including environmental observation.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/reducing-forest-emissions/brazil-harnesses-space-tech-to-monitor-deforestati.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_reducingforestemissionsTue, 22 Jul 2008 12:56:21 GMT http://www.scidev.net/images/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/