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Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS)

Native People Demand Autonomy Over Territory

In the view of governments, international bodies and some sectors of civil society participating in negotiations towards new global rules on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the REDD programme is the last chance to save tropical rainforests. But to the representatives of indigenous peoples who live in the forests in question, REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries) is just one of many superfluous mechanisms devised by governments and (...) read

date of on-line publication : 24 August 2010

UN report warns of economic impact of biodiversity loss

The "alarming" rate at which species are being lost could have a severe effect on humanity, conservationists warned today. Targets set eight years ago by governments to reduce biodiversity loss by 2010 have not been met, experts confirmed at a UN meeting in Nairobi, Kenya. The third Global Biodiversity Outlook report said loss of wildlife and habitats could harm food sources and industry, and exacerbate climate change through rising emissions. Read more here. The report is available (...) read

date of on-line publication : 17 May 2010

Yasuní: Manifest to sign on: Moving towards a low carbon, energy supply solution

HOW CAN EUROPE SUPPORT THE YASUNI-ITT INITIATIVE AND THE ECUADORIAN GOVERNMENT’S DECISION TO FORGO EXTRACTING OIL RESERVES IN THE YASUNI NATURAL PARK? EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS SHOULD SUPPORT THE MOST ADVANCED, INTEGRATED INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES THAT AIM TO REDUCE CO2 EMISSIONS, CONSERVE BIODIVERSITY AND SHIFT TO GREENER ENERGY SOURCES. We are asking that organizations and groups adhere to the Manifesto. You can join the Manifesto until April (...) read

date of on-line publication : 30 March 2010

Inter Press Service (IPS)

Indigenous People Make Best Forest Custodians

> By Marwaan Macan-Markar

The millions of indigenous people living across Asia and the Pacific are finally gaining recognition for the key role the play in forest conservation. This shift has been a feature of a major conference being held here this week to shape forest management policies in this region for the next 20 years. Activists championing the cause of local communities welcome this sea change, given that forests have been sacred to these people and central to their identity. ‘’Indigenous people have a (...) read

date of on-line publication : 25 October 2007

Progressio

Indiginous communities must have control over their rainforests, not us

You may have noticed that you can now buy acres of land in the Amazonian rainforest as a way of combating global warming. The idea is that you will price the Amazon deforestation industry out of the market, so that carbon stays stored in the trees rather than being released into the atmosphere. This is the solution of one of a number of northern-based charities, including Cool Earth launched last month, to the threat of climate change. Although such organisations are responding to our urge (...) read

date of on-line publication : 26 July 2007

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Carbon capture and storage : legal issues

Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS) describes the process of capturing CO2 emissions from industrial and energy-related processes, compressing the gas to a liquid form, transporting it to a storage site (by pipeline, ship, truck or rail), and injecting it into a geological cavity - to isolate it from the atmosphere. CCS has been described as one option in the « portfolio » of mitigation options - useful as a bridging technology to address the most prevalent greenhouse gases by volume in (...) read

date of on-line publication : 5 January 2007

DOWIE Mark

Conservation Refugees: When conservation means kicking people out

> Orion Magazine, November-December 2005

http://www.oriononline.org/pages/om/ (...)

It’s no secret that millions of indigenous peoples around the world have been pushed off their land to make room for big oil, big metal, big timber, and big agriculture. But few people realise that the same thing has been happening for a much nobler cause: land and wildlife conservation. It’s not just corporations that have a bad name amongst indigenous communities, but also, and increasingly, some international non-governmental organisations.  read

date of on-line publication : 3 July 2006

HUKILL Traci

Planet Earth, Year 2050

> AlterNet, January 25, 2006

http://alternet.org/envirohealth/312 (...)

The authors of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), the world’s most overlooked environmental study, held a press briefing last week in Washington to discuss what life on the planet will be like in 2050. Their upbeat conclusion: fundamental changes, in practice and policy, can protect us from the worst consequences of overpopulation and climate change.

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date of on-line publication : 20 February 2006

BHAT Sairam

Civil, but criminal

> India Together, Nov 2004

http://www.indiatogether.org/2004/no (...)

"Laws to protect the environment cannot follow a simple prohibition model; what is needed instead is an elaborate scheme of regulation and licensing, following rules designed to promote fairness and efficiency." Here the author outlines the differences between the two legal approaches to protecting the natural environment.  read

date of on-line publication : 4 January 2006

BRITO Lydia

Let Africa Into the Carbon Market

> Project Syndicate, Dec 2005

http://www.project-syndicate.org/com (...)

This article calls for a change to the European bias against using credits from forest projects for its own internal carbon market, in order to allow Africa to play a larger role in the emerging international carbon market.

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date of on-line publication : 21 December 2005

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