80% of Tropical Agricultural Expansion Between 1980-2000 Came at Expense of Forests

<p> Mongabay --More than 80 percent of agricultural expansion in the tropics between 1980 and 2000 came at the expense of forests, reports research published last week in the early online edition of the <em>Proceedings of the...

Money Alone Can’t Save the Forests

<p> CIFOR's Blog -- Because of this haste to implement, he explained, countries may neglect to “build on and learn from previous efforts” and fail to create the conditions – such as secure land tenure and strengthened...

Carbon Project Market Leads with REDD Methodology

<p> Carbon Positive -- The landmark approval of a carbon accounting methodology to underpin <a href="http://www.carbonpositive.net/viewarticle.aspx?articleID=44#REDD">REDD</a> projects in Asia shows the project-based voluntary carbon market leading the way in the development of mechanisms to halt the destruction...