Climate Change

Better RED than dead: paying the people for environmental services in Amazonia

The introduction of payments for environmental services (PES) offers an opportunity for traditional and indigenous populations to be compensated for contributing to carbon sequestration in meeting the challenge of ameliorating global warming. As one mechanism among several for promoting biodiversity conservation and sustainable development, pro-poor PES initiatives could eventually be incorporated into an international post-Koyoto framework to encourage reduced emissions from deforestation.

Publication Date: 
27/05/2008
Anthony Hall
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
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1925
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Land Use, Agriculture, Amazon, Forest Conservation, Deforestation, Climate Change, Carbon Sequestration, Farmers, Tribals, Biodiversity Conservation, Public Participation
Climate Change

The future of the Amazon: new perspectives from climate, ecosystem and social sciences

The potential loss or large-scale degradation of the tropical rainforests has become one of the iconic images of the impacts of twenty-first century environmental change and may be one of our century's most profound legacies. In the Amazon region, the direct threat of deforestation and degradation is now strongly intertwined with an indirect challenge we are just beginning to understand: the possibility of substantial regional drought driven by global climate change.

Publication Date: 
26/05/2008
Yadvinder Malhi, J. Timmons Roberts, Richard A. Betts
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
363
1498
1729
Tags:
Environment Economics, Ecosystem Services, Forest Conservation, Forest Fires, Deforestation, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Climate Mitigation, Drought, Brazil, Amazon
Climate Change

Two symbols, one solution

Saving a handful of photogenic species

Publication Date: 
22/05/2008
Nature
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7194
427
Tags:
Environment Economics, Amazon, Climate Change, Emission Targets, Climate Mitigation, Wildlife Management, Brazil, Environment Management, Forest Conservation
Forests

Updated records of forest dwellers' land soon

Instructions have been issued to forest officers for implementation of Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers (Recognition to Forest Rights) Act-2006 and Rule 2008. The state government has set in motion the process of making available updated records of the land encroached by forest dwellers.

Publication Date: 
17/05/2008
Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
Tags:
Land, Forest Resources, Forest Conservation, Tribals, Madhya Pradesh
Forests

State told to probe into Collem mine

The Central Empowerment Committee of the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the State Government to probe into the Prafulla Hede mines at Collem, which is allegedly operating on forest land. The CEC today ordered a probe and in a letter to the Chief Secretary asked the State Government to respond in the matter. It has asked the Government to find whether the mine was operating in violation of forest conservation rules. A second letter has been made to the Chief Conservator of Forests to know how Prafulla Hede mine had encroached upon 1,000 sq m of forestland.

Publication Date: 
16/05/2008
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Forests, Land Use, Mining, Forest Conservation, Supreme Court, Goa
Forests

Deforestation: call for justice, not militarization

As a recent policy adviser to the United Nations in a programme intended to address environmental threats in the Amazon, I would caution readers of your Special Report 'Brazil goes to war against logging' (Nature 452, 134

Publication Date: 
15/05/2008
Samuel J. Spiegel
Nature
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280
Tags:
Land Use, Mining, Amazon, Forest Conservation, Deforestation, Tribals, Public Participation, Brazil

 Rainforest map to assert rights

More than 600 indigenous people in the Democratic Republic of Congo began mapping their rainforests on April 9 using gps technology. Their effort is to preserve about 2.4 million hectares of

Publication Date: 
14/05/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Congo, Tropical Forests, Forest Conservation, Remote Sensing
Biodiversity

Nature conservation to be theme for Rabindra Jayanti celebrations

Issues like conservation of nature and the impact of global warming are all set to take the centrestage in Guwahati during the celebration of Rabindra Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Nobel Laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore. For, Vivekananda Kalyan Kendra and Nature's Beckon, a biodiversity conservation NGO have joined hands to spread theme of nature conservations during the celebration on May 8. With Northeast too gearing up to mark the day, the two organizations have urged people to take a pledge on the day and work for the conservation of nature.

Publication Date: 
08/05/2008
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Environment, Forest Conservation, Global Warming, Wildlife, Biodiversity
Forests

WB to help raise forest cover

The Forest Department will soon finalise the mechanism for making payments to farmers under the carbon credit scheme for raising forests on private and community land as part of the World Bank-funded Mid-Himalayan Watershed Development Project.

Publication Date: 
07/05/2008
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forest Conservation, Afforestation, Watershed Development, Climate Mitigation, Carbon Sequestration, World Bank, Himachal Pradesh
Forests

Himachal demands crores for preserving forests

Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has raised the issue of carbon credits with the Union Government and sought Rs.1,000 crore for Himachal Pradesh every year as compensation for preserving the forest cover in the State. The State can earn a revenue of more than Rs.1,600 crore annually if the

Publication Date: 
07/05/2008
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Himachal Pradesh

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