http://www.bicusa.org/en/Issue.50.aspx The latest news on Forests from the Bank Information Center 10 http://www.infodev.org/images/infodev.gif http://www.bicusa.org/en/Issue.50.aspx New report by Amazonian indigenous peoples exposes the reality of REDD+ in Peru and proposes solutions. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12581.aspx Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:18:25 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12581.aspx Read the latest REDD Alert for updates on the R-Package, Carbon Fund and Common Approach, as well as country updates from Africa, Latin America and Asia. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12550.aspx Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:53:20 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12550.aspx This update prepared by the Bank Information Center introduces the FCPF Readiness Package (R-Package) and the Carbon Fund (CF) operational. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12545.aspx Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:21:16 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12545.aspx The irregularity of the voluntary market of carbon credits is outpacing the environmental and legislative capacity of the country: irregular transfer of millions of hectares of forests as part of the market for carbon credits and other environmental services. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12544.aspx Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:14:26 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12544.aspx The workshop Oslo REDD Exchange 2011 was organized by Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), on 23-24 June 2011. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12531.aspx Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:35:41 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12531.aspx It took many years to establish the World Bank's operational policies that safeguard society and the environment, and are some of the world's highest development standards. As the Bank reviews these policies, civil society is organizing efforts to present their concerns and expectations, and offer their imputs as to what the outcome of the review should be. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12528.aspx Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:01:29 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12528.aspx Granting titles to large companies and individuals in national parks and other protected ecosystems is controversial because it was an openly illegal action. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12522.aspx Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:54:54 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12522.aspx According to the MPF, the evaluation of impacts of hydroelectric plants has been partial and does not reflect the true environmental risks. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12521.aspx Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:32:03 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12521.aspx The disimbursement of the funds for the third section of the Villa Tunari-San Ignacio de Moxos highway is now being withheld until the preservation of the ecosystem in the Indigenous Territory in the Isiboro Sécure National Park (TIPNIS) is guaranteed, a commitment by the government of Evo Morales to Brazil. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12519.aspx Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:18:44 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12519.aspx En COP 15, México se comprometió a reducir sus emisiones de GEI, para lo cual se propuso desarrollar la Estrategia Nacional REDD+ (ENAREDD+). A varios pasos de la preparación para la estrategia, el BM ahora realiza una misión Due Diligence. La gerente del equipo de Latinoamérica, observadora para la misión, nos cuenta más sobre el tema. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12505.aspx Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:27:53 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12505.aspx As an Australian businessman moves into Peru in search of making a profit off of the riches of the Amazonian carbon offsets, critics in Peru fear that he will only exploit the most vulnerable people. There is currently no regulation on this sort of activity due to the lack of international agreement on REDD. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12496.aspx Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:08:10 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12496.aspx This report from the Bank Information Center as NGO Observer summarizes the main discussions and outcomes from PC9 in Oslo, Norway. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12468.aspx Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:37:59 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12468.aspx With emotionally-charged messages, the representatives of indigenous communities marched against the construction of a highway that would split the TIPNIS in two, arguing that its construction allows for the ethnocide of communities who arduosly worked for the park to become an Originative Communal Land (TCO). (Spanish). http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12464.aspx Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:15:44 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12464.aspx The World Bank, the Technical Advisory Panel, and the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility present their comments on the latest draft of the the Colombia R-PP. (Document links). http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12459.aspx Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:27:34 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12459.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12456.aspx Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:11:21 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12456.aspx The Bank Information Center and Forest Peoples Programme have provided comments on the Revised R-PP Template, SESA and ESMF Guidelines. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12429.aspx Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:11:04 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12429.aspx The document presents guidance on the key elements of effective stakeholder engagement in the context of REDD+ readiness for the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility and the UN-REDD Programme. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12428.aspx Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:58:19 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12428.aspx Gold-hungry Peruvian miners are eroding the country's portion of the Amazon rainforest at an alarming rate, according to a new study. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12416.aspx Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:22:36 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12416.aspx BIC recently attended the eighth meeting of the FCPF Participants Committee in our role as the NGO observer. Presented here is a summary of the proceedings. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12413.aspx Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:56:42 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12413.aspx A new Greenpeace report Bad Influence has revealed how advice given by global consultancy firm McKinsey to national governments could lead to an increase in the destructive logging it is intended to prevent. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12406.aspx Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:53:42 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12406.aspx The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights considered that Indigenous Peoples must be consulted BEFORE the dam’s construction begins http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12401.aspx Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12401.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12400.aspx Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:22:25 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12400.aspx The project has a great potential to reorder and even positively or negatively change the dinamics of development and conservation in the region. Bolivia's government has decided that the PAD will not be public before it's approved. It seems that the project underestimates its indirect influence, and there are shortcomings in planification and consultation. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12399.aspx Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:58:07 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12399.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12396.aspx Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12396.aspx A few days before the presidential elections, the party Peru Posible's (PP) spokesman Carlos Bruce, signed the Environmental Agreement, an initiative that seeks after environemtal proposals and commitments for the political parties that will participate in the elections on April 10th. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12398.aspx Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12398.aspx Peru approved the 4th version of its R-PP at the 8th meeting of the FCPF Participants Committee in Da Lat. They agreed to incorporate some inputs they discussed with Indigenous Peoples and Mesa REDD Peru. The changes will be added to the next version. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12391.aspx Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12391.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12387.aspx Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:26:35 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12387.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12026.aspx Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12026.aspx Read the latest REDD Alert for updates on the 8th Meeting of the FCPF Participants Committee, taking place next week in Da Lat, Vietnam. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12380.aspx Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:50:12 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12380.aspx The Republic of Congo (RoC) government is preparing to send the country’s revised Readiness Preparation Proposal (R-PP) to the Facility Management Team (FMT) of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) after conducting a national validation workshop in Brazzaville from February 22-23, 2011. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12374.aspx Wed, 09 Mar 2011 10:40:50 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12374.aspx Guyana has seen deforestation rates soar over the last year, despite the signing of an agreement with the Norwegian government aimed precisely at supporting a reduction in deforestation rates, said Global Witness today. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12378.aspx Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12378.aspx Andrew Steer, the World Bank's special envoy for climate change, recently sat for an interview with Deutsche Welle, discussing the Bank's role in carbon markets, as well as renewable and non-renewable energy projects. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12347.aspx Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:52:51 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12347.aspx It seems that the Government has forgotten its commitment to the environment when in January of 2011, it enacted the Emergency Decree No. 001-2011 to eliminate environmental impact certificates to approve 33 projects for investment. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12345.aspx Sun, 30 Jan 2011 09:55:57 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12345.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12320.aspx Tue, 21 Dec 2010 07:26:18 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12320.aspx The Executive Committee of the Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) is profoundly concerned about what appears to be threats to the life of Mr. Tony James, President of the APA by unknown persons. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12316.aspx Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:52:59 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12316.aspx We are writing to express our concern to the President of Guyana for the security and well-being of Mr. Tony James, President of the Amerindian Peoples Association. There have been multiple incidents over recent months in which unknown people have come asking about Tony’s whereabouts. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12315.aspx Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:46:16 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12315.aspx After a long process of consultation and consideration, the U.S. government has decided to endorse the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The treaty contains significant requirements for free, prior, and informed consent when dealing with native groups, a key demand in the ongoing IFC policy review. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12313.aspx Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:42:41 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12313.aspx BIC provides an overview of the major decisions taken at the 3rd meeting of the FCPF Participants Assembly and the 7th meeting of the Participants Committee, including country Readiness Proposals and the resolution on multiple delivery partners. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12305.aspx Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:19:34 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12305.aspx This 12 page briefing shows why McKinsey's advice is based on flawed analysis that hides key costs of programmes to reduce deforestation and could lead to greater destruction of natural forests by logging and agribusinesses, further marginalisation of millions of poor farmers and the weakening of environmental regulations. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12294.aspx Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:43:30 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12294.aspx A massive UNREDD grant from Norway to Indonesia has come under criticism from Greenpeace for the heavy influence of the palm oil, pulp, and paper industries which they say led to language that will actually drive deforestation rather than reduce it. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12285.aspx Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:36:36 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12285.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12279.aspx Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:02:27 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12279.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12278.aspx Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:55:59 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12278.aspx The Congo Basin is rich in forests and poor in cash, which makes it hard to resist offers of easy money from loggers. Carbon credits could, in theory, help save the forests, but the region's historically low rates of deforestation (and governance) make it difficult to prove you're saving trees. Here's a look at some of the complex challenges facing forestry advocates in this vital region. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12277.aspx Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:48:38 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12277.aspx A $1 billion dollar deal with Norway to save Indonesia's forests and cut planet-warming carbon emissions will trigger a much-needed shake up of Indonesia's notorious bureaucracy, a top official said on Thursday. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12275.aspx Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:29:51 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12275.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12274.aspx Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:01:48 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12274.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12273.aspx Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:21:10 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12273.aspx California has reached agreement with states in Mexico and Brazil for pilot projects to protect their rainforests in return for carbon credits under the provincial-level, international climate initiative of outgoing Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12271.aspx Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:04:24 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12271.aspx All eyes are on Indonesia and its forest policy as climate- change negotiations continue in the upcoming global talks in Mexico, against the prospect of billions of dollars flowing from the planet’s major polluters to the developing world to slow global warming. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12270.aspx Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:58:06 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12270.aspx As Nigeria moves forward with the UN REDD Programme, residents remain fearful that their lands could be taken over by the government. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12269.aspx Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:36:11 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12269.aspx Indigenous people in Kalimantan on the island of Borneo are worried about an Australian-backed project to protect local forests. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12268.aspx Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:26:18 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12268.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12267.aspx Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:20:47 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12267.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12265.aspx Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:44:44 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12265.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12264.aspx Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:38:10 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12264.aspx The example set by Norway and Indonesia in tackling climate change through REDD+ could help encourage significant progress at the Cancun in Mexico, climate talks this year, the visiting Norwegian foreign minister says. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12262.aspx Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:33:19 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12262.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12261.aspx Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:29:20 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12261.aspx The U.S. Government announces the release of the United States' strategy to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and increase carbon sequestration by forests in developing countries. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12260.aspx Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:18:06 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12260.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12259.aspx Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:24:13 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12259.aspx The government of Guyana plans to spend most of the Norwegian forest climate aid it will receive during 2010-11 on the Amaila Falls hydropower project, a dam to be built deep in the Amazon rainforest. Norwegian officials insist this is not a done deal, but President Bharrat Jagdeo has staked much personal prestige in the decades-old project. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12256.aspx Sun, 14 Nov 2010 10:07:13 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12256.aspx With BNDES support, a Vale and Petrobras initiative reforests 28,000 hectares, and projects total protection of 350,000 ha and reforestation of another 150,000 ha. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12255.aspx Sun, 14 Nov 2010 09:49:13 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12255.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12243.aspx Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:39:36 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12243.aspx Speaking at the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings held in Washington DC last month, Norway's State Secretary for Environment and International Development, Ingrid Fiskaa said that last year, Norway and Guyana set out on a joint partnership to work together to provide the world with a working example of how partnership between developed and developing countries can save the world's tropical forests. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12242.aspx Fri, 12 Nov 2010 09:27:39 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12242.aspx The government has failed to fulfil its promise to pick a province in October that would host a pilot project imposing a moratorium on natural forest and peatland conversion as mandated by an Indonesia-Norway climate deal. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12240.aspx Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:33:08 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12240.aspx The haze is an acute and chronic symptom of a disease even more serious for Indonesia and the world: Indonesia’s deforestation. It plans to cut carbon emissions by 41% by 2020, so long as it receives the compensation from an inchoate scheme, known as REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation), whereby rich countries pay poorer ones to conserve trees. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12239.aspx Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:28:09 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12239.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12238.aspx Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:16:27 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12238.aspx Over the past year we've seen an abundance of funding pledges for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD), but there's been little in the way of coordination. That's why three of the largest funds supporting REDD met last weekend to compare notes. Looking ahead to Cancún, get an inside look at a meeting that emphasized the future of REDD+. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12237.aspx Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:26:19 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12237.aspx US President Barack Obama is expected to use his brief visit to Indonesia next week to announce hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to help the nation tackle climate change, a senior official said on Wednesday. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12234.aspx Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:03:15 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12234.aspx If women had adequate representation in forestry institutions, would it make a difference to them, their communities and forests as a national resource? http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12233.aspx Mon, 08 Nov 2010 09:42:58 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12233.aspx The dynamic partnership between the two countries would cover a wide range of sectors including global warming, gas emission reduction, and forest degradation. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12232.aspx Mon, 08 Nov 2010 09:37:48 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12232.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12231.aspx Mon, 08 Nov 2010 09:29:44 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12231.aspx A new World Bank study conducted by the Independent Evaluation Group find offset sales are not working and suggests five solutions. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12226.aspx Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:39:09 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12226.aspx A new report has warned the U.S. Federal Government should be wary of investing in future carbon offsetting schemes which involve forests in developing countries unless the proper safeguards are in place. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12225.aspx Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:24:46 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12225.aspx The high level and high volume of allegations of corruption and financial mal-practice in Guyana should be a warning to the Norwegian donor and to the potential PEs about management of donor money. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12224.aspx Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:15:12 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12224.aspx Mark Rentschler and Jelson Garcia of BIC are quoted in an IPS article detailing questions around application of social and environmental standards in REDD projects. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12223.aspx Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:20:42 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12223.aspx BIC announces the launch of "Beyond Carbon: Rights-based Safeguard Principles in Law," a study that serves as a collective proposal to REDD donors and recipients to uphold human rights in the governance of forest-for-carbon schemes. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12222.aspx Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:40:43 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12222.aspx In a public statement directed at the Peruvian State, the World Bank, UNDP and UNFCCC, the Inter-ethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Forest (AIDESEP) denounces plans of the government and its political and corporate allies to grant mining, logging and tourism concessions, as well as approve REDD and environmental services initiatives after blocking the Indigenous Consultation Law. They insist: without territory, rights and consultation for indigenous peoples, such concessions must not move forward. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12220.aspx Mon, 01 Nov 2010 11:09:18 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12220.aspx Ministers from dozens of countries reaffirmed their commitment Tuesday to a partnership to create a mechanism for reducing greenhouse gas emissions caused by deforestation and forest degradation to curb climate change. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12215.aspx Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:15:45 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12215.aspx PAPUA New Guinea villagers are angry their government has allocated more than a million hectares of pristine forest for "special agricultural leases" - which they describe as a land grab for logging. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12214.aspx Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:12:07 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12214.aspx Authors Claudia Enrique and Vanessa Cueto of Derecho, Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (DAR) in Peru conducted an independent assessment of a program to mitigate the social and environmental effects of the highway currently being built in Peru. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12212.aspx Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:12:49 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12212.aspx Soaring demand in China and political unrest in Madagascar are fuelling illegal logging for hardwoods in the African nation, a report concludes. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12211.aspx Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:27:10 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12211.aspx Delegates at a global U.N. meeting to preserve natural resources were on Tuesday trying to agree on ways to deploy about $4 billion (2 billion pounds) in cash to help developing nations save tropical forests. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12210.aspx Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:08:47 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12210.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12209.aspx Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:34:33 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12209.aspx A group of eight Tanzanian Civil Society Organizations recently released their comments on Tanzania's R-PP which is scheduled to be discussed on November 2nd at the seventh Participant's Committee meeting of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility in Washington, D.C. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12208.aspx Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:12:40 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12208.aspx Africa’s first significant CDM forest carbon project has attracted a price of $US4 per tonne in temporary CER (tCER) carbon credits, according to a media report. The World Bank will buy the credits for half the carbon stored up to 2017 from an Ethiopian forestry project, the Humbo Assisted Natural Regeneration Project. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12207.aspx Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:45:34 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12207.aspx Rainforest-clad Papua New Guinea is not ready for international funding for U.N.-backed forest carbon credits to stem deforestation, said Greenpeace, citing corruption, "carbon cowboys" and lack of political leadership. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12206.aspx Mon, 25 Oct 2010 09:32:15 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12206.aspx Indonesia could match Brazil's success in slowing deforestation but needs far more aid from rich nations such as the United States, Japan and the European Union, Norway's environment minister said on Monday. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12205.aspx Mon, 25 Oct 2010 09:24:17 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12205.aspx Experts are at odds over whether Indonesia is prepared to implement United Nations-mandated forest protection projects to reduce carbon emissions. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12194.aspx Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:12:07 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12194.aspx The USDA Forest Service released new estimates of the total carbon storage of U.S. forests, highlighting the important role America's forests play in the fight against climate change. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12193.aspx Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:00:45 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12193.aspx Ecosystems such as fresh water, coral reefs and forests account for between 47 percent and 89 percent of what the U.N. calls "the GDP of the poor," meaning the source of livelihoods for the rural and forest-dwelling poor, according to the study. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12192.aspx Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:37:35 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12192.aspx UN-REDD Indonesia is collaborating with the National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS) to conduct an inclusive multi-stakeholder consultation process that will produce Indonesia’s first National REDD+ Strategy. Bappenas and the UN-REDD Indonesia programme now invite international multi-stakeholders to give their inputs to the draft, before 25 October. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12189.aspx Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:20:28 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12189.aspx The core of the Norway-Tanzania partnership on Climate and Forest is to provide financial and technical support to help Tanzania prepare for a future global mechanism for Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD). http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12188.aspx Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:57:16 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12188.aspx The Government of Guyana is planning to build a 140 MW hydroelectric dam on the Potaro River with funding from China and Norway and technical support from the IDB and WB. The first dam is part of a 1060 MW complex that will have signficant social and environmental impacts in the western Amazon region of the country. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12187.aspx Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:26:54 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12187.aspx The Bank's vice-president for sustainable development emphasized the importance of the carbon trading as time draws nearer to COP-16 in Cancun. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12183.aspx Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:50:38 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12183.aspx FCPF, FIP and UNREDD Paper- Draft 10.17.2010 to be discussed at Joint Session on November 6, 2010 http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12182.aspx Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:46:50 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12182.aspx This schedule includes the most up-to-date agendas for the formal FCPF, UN REDD and FIP institutions. It also outlines civil society and indigenous peoples events. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12180.aspx Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:15:35 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12180.aspx Rich nations must spell out their plans for cutting greenhouse gases more clearly to enable U.N. talks in Mexico to agree the cornerstone of a pact to slow global warming, the U.N.'s climate chief said. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12178.aspx Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:45:51 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12178.aspx Misunderstandings and scepticism around schemes that pay countries to protect their forests are rife, with fears that without proper policing it will be a magnet for organised crime and corruption. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12177.aspx Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:35:59 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12177.aspx PNG encouraged forest owners to wait for a formal UN REDD regime before preserving their forests to earn credits for saving rainforests. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12175.aspx Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:10:35 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12175.aspx Brazil will auction large swaths of the Amazon forest to be managed by private timber companies and cooperatives to help reduce demand for illegal logging, a top official told Reuters on Monday. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12174.aspx Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:03:13 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12174.aspx REDD+ Partnership talks officially launched on Monday after a weekend workshop. Since then, the Partners haven't completed a single agenda item, and a large number of donors, recipients, and stakeholders lay the blame on co-chairs Papua New Guinea and Japan. A spokesperson for the Rainforest Coalition, however, says donors are stalling to avoid paying their share. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12169.aspx Fri, 08 Oct 2010 10:43:08 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12169.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12168.aspx Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:34:54 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12168.aspx A new global assessment of forest stocks by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) shows a sharp acceleration of primary forest loss since 2005 despite gains in the extent of protected areas. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12166.aspx Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:29:15 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12166.aspx The REDD+ Partnership has gathered in Tianjin, China, but tensions are high as the expectactions over REDD between developed and developing countries come to a clash. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12165.aspx Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:21:37 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12165.aspx Most Parties to the UN Climate-Change Convention agree that we can slow climate change in the short term by saving tropical rainforests and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). They don't however, agree on how to finance that reduction in a fair and equitable way. The REDD+ Partnership is supposed to unveil its proposals this week at Climate-Change talks in China. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12164.aspx Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:05:52 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12164.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12160.aspx Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:01:08 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12160.aspx Pakistan has joined the Global REDD Partnership and our case for joining the UN REDD Programme and the World Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership is also under process. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12154.aspx Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:48:10 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12154.aspx In general the REDD discussions are based on the assumption of command and control policies that combines investment and capacity to implement economic incentives to avoid deforestation. In this sense there is relatively little emphasis in the discussion of solutions to structural problems that lead people from different sectors to adopt strategies that lead to deforestation and forest degradation, in other terms governance scenarios. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12152.aspx Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:25:41 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12152.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12151.aspx Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:28:25 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12151.aspx The REDD Alert is a resource for civil society engaged in the global REDD+ process, with a special focus on the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility. The alert brings you the latest information available on the FCPF process, other REDD initiatives such as UN-REDD and the Forest Investment Program, and other related news from around the world. REDD Alert is a project of Bank Information Center with contributions from other civil society groups working to make REDD a more participatory, transparent and equitable process. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12150.aspx Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:35:11 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12150.aspx Andrew Steer was recently appointed to be the World Bank's first envoy on climate change, overseeing the creation of a coherent plan for the Bank to confront the issue. ClimateWire profiles Steer, seeing many praises of the man, but uncertainty in how much change he can bring. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12136.aspx Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:29:04 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12136.aspx The World Bank recently created the position of Special Envoy for Climate Change, a position charged with overseeing massive amounts of money put toward mitigation efforts. Andrew Steer is the first person appointed to this position. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12122.aspx Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:01:12 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12122.aspx Ecuador's £3.6bn scheme to save its rainforest from exploitation could point the way to sparing other threatened landscapes. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12088.aspx Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:44:15 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12088.aspx Can forest-rich countries learn from the mistakes of extractive projects and avoid unleashing their own resource curse? http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12082.aspx Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:56:49 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12082.aspx Bolivian Deputy Minister of Environment Juan Pablo Ramos and Director Environment Luis Beltrán submitted irrevocable resignation from their posts on Friday of last week, after government officials tried to force them to sign an environmental permit for the construction of a highway in the Chapare region of Cochabamba. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12058.aspx Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:29:13 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12058.aspx Despite controversy surrounding it, the R-PP of the Republic of Congo was deemed of sufficient quality to move forward in the process, at the sixth Participants Committee meeting of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF). http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12053.aspx Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:36:07 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12053.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12042.aspx Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:27:06 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12042.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12041.aspx Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:23:55 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12041.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12040.aspx Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:20:39 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12040.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12039.aspx Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:13:39 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12039.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12038.aspx Tue, 20 Jul 2010 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2010 11:47:37 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11994.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11992.aspx Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:46:22 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11992.aspx An experts workshop on governance safeguards in REDD+ was held from May 24th-25th, 2010 at the Chatham House, in London. In preparation for the workshop a background paper, "Governance in REDD+" was released, looking into the issues raised in REDD+ thus far. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11980.aspx Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11980.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11982.aspx Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:39:40 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11982.aspx This month's edition of the BICECA Monthly Bulletin features a summary of the event entitled "Oil and Mining Booms and Sustainable Development: Lessons from Peru for Development Planning & Revenue Management at the National and subnational level" (Washington, DC, June 16, 2010). http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11979.aspx Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:44:08 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11979.aspx MEXICO CITY, Jul 5, 2010 (IPS) - Non-governmental organizations from across the Americas are demanding that the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank institute policies that favor sustainable energy and help mitigate climate change. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11964.aspx Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:43:02 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11964.aspx Guyana's president implores the FCPF Participants Committee and the World Bank not to "obsess" over gaps in capacity, territorial right and indigenous consultation before REDD funds are disbursed. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11944.aspx Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:52:49 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11944.aspx President of the Amerindian Peoples Association Tony James calls on the World Bank to perform its proper due diligence to ensure that issues of territorial rights and meaningful consultation of indigenous peoples are addressed in Guyana. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11943.aspx Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:41:27 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11943.aspx Civil society organizations from more than 50 countries released a letter to President Obama today asking the U.S. to withhold support for any scheme in which the World Bank would have a major role in climate finance, citing the body's undemocratic nature and poor record with climate change. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11906.aspx Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:37:48 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11906.aspx The Peruvian Congress approved on Wednesday a provisional ruling on a law for the Right to Prior Consultation of Indigenous and Native Peoples. Still, indigenous groups emphasize the need to reconcile the development vision of the State and that of indigenous peoples, which is not always the same. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11887.aspx Fri, 21 May 2010 10:44:32 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11887.aspx Athena Ballesteros writes on the World Bank's blog about the necessary changes as the Bank takes on greater roles in climate finance. Ballesteros is a senior associate at the World Resources Center and a member of BIC's board of directors. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11882.aspx Mon, 17 May 2010 16:18:12 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11882.aspx Representatives from donor countries, REDD countries plus observers and World Bank staff met in La Lope, Gabon from March 22 to 25 to discuss readiness proposals from several countries. Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo and Mexico were each allocated readiness grants up to 3.6 million USD. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11841.aspx Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:33:37 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11841.aspx The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility will hold the fifth meeting of its Participants Committee in order to discuss several reforms and readiness proposals. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11806.aspx Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:17:59 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11806.aspx Rainforest Foundation Norway, Rainforest Foundation UK, Greenpeace, FERN and Global Witness, released a joint statement on March 12, 2010, criticizing the Democratic Republic of Congo's REDD readiness proposal for the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11804.aspx Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:58:30 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11804.aspx This Thursday, Mark Constantine of the IFC will speak at the Greenpeace offices in Washington, DC about the IFC's new approach to the forestry sector. The meeting is open to the public, so feel free to join us. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11779.aspx Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:41:17 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11779.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11772.aspx Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:15:04 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11772.aspx "The World Bank released a study that finally put the impacts of climate change, deforestation and fires together. The tipping point for the Amazon is 20 percent deforestation," and that is "a scary result," Tom Lovejoy, a member of the external review panel for the report, told Tierramérica in an interview. The study, "Assessment of the Risk of Amazon Dieback," released Jan. 22, drew on the expertise of several international research institutions, including Japan's Meteorological Research Institute, Britain's Exeter University, Brazil's Centre for Weather Forecasting and Climate Change (CPET/INPE), Germany's Potsdam Institute and Earth3000. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11756.aspx Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:46:53 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11756.aspx Alongside the Energy Strategy review, the Bank has been working on a revision of its broader Environmental Strategy since September 2009. This calendar shows both the upcoming consultation dates and summaries of previous consultations. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11747.aspx Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:39:12 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11747.aspx Five countries recently submitted Readiness Preparation Proposals to the Participants Committee of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility. Argentina, DRC, Ghana, Mexico, and Suriname will have their proposals for grant allocation reviewed at the next meeting of the Participants Committee in March. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11733.aspx Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:39:47 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11733.aspx Dr. Vandana Shiva of the Navdanya Trust reviews the Copenhagen conference and its underlying politics. Coming from a Global South perspective, he finds little basis for continued delay in action or the implicit assumption that present economic dominance by the Global North and certain polluters must be maintained at all costs. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11723.aspx Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:01:03 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11723.aspx Colombia asserts that it does not deforest to clear land for palm plantations and is seeking support for investment in biofuels. The Minister of Environment proposes zoning of national territory to identify appropriate zones for palm plantations "so that we all have a clear understanding of where we should go with palm plantations in this country and to avoid unorganized, poorly planned development". http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11686.aspx Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:24:46 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11686.aspx BIC board member and environmental expert Korinna Horta considers the challenges and opportunities for REDD and forest governance in the Congo Basin region. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11682.aspx Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:57:14 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11682.aspx As the Bank seeks to position itself as the vehicle of choice for future climate finance, the experience of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) calls its competence into question. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11652.aspx Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:35:55 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11652.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11647.aspx Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:46:41 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11647.aspx http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11646.aspx Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:14:35 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11646.aspx In a statement from President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the Brazilian government announced that the rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon was reduced by 45% between August 2008 and July 2009 compared to the previous year. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11636.aspx Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:28:45 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11636.aspx Guyana and Norway on Monday inked an agreement that will see Oslo paying up to a total of US$250 million by 2015 for Guyana to preserve its forests. Norway will provide financial support to Guyana based on its success in limiting emissions, enabling Guyana to begin implementation of its Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS). Terms of the deal stipulate Guyana must take action on issues of transparency and accountability before any money is disbursed. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11629.aspx Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:00:32 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11629.aspx The World Bank is moving to become one of the major institutions taking on climate change through its Climate Investment Funds, among other policies. However, Heinrich Boell Foundation president Barbara Unmuessig believes that without reforms, the Bank will not be able to effectively or fairly alter the course on global warming. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11614.aspx Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:48:10 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11614.aspx The bid to include forests in initiatives to mitigate climate change is turning out to be a sensitive issue for the planet. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11590.aspx Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:16:46 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11590.aspx "Climate change has been produced principally by the rich countries, but it most affects the countries of the third world," President Rafael Correa said in London. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11589.aspx Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:39:10 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11589.aspx There are many reasons to oppose carbon trading. The most important is that carbon trading will not address climate change. Rising Tide North America together with Carbon Trade Watch and the Camp for Climate Action is launching a new website, 350 Reasons. Governments should not be looking for innovative ways to create loopholes for polluters or to create fortunes for carbon traders. Instead we need to dramatically reduce emissions – quickly. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11583.aspx Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:54:21 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11583.aspx A report recently released by Greenpeace illustrates clearly why REDD offset projects will neither address climate change nor stop deforestation. The report questions the claims made by the project developers about leakage, additionality, permanence and the ability of the project developers to measure accurately the amount of carbon stored in the forest. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11559.aspx Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:05:34 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11559.aspx On Wednesday, Fonam will host the IV International Carbon Market Seminar: Carbon Projects as a new business opportunity. The event is sponsored by the Minister of Environment, the UN Development Programme and and the World Bank Carbon Finance Unit. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11556.aspx Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:25:32 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11556.aspx Representatives from social and environmental organisations and movements met recently for two days in Belém, Pará state, Brazil to discuss REDD. After the meeting they produced the following letter calling on the Government of Brazil to reject REDD as a carbon market-based mechanism, and as a way of compensating emissions from Northern countries. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11555.aspx Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:58:59 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11555.aspx Read a BIC op-ed in The Huffington Post about Indonesia's problematic Readiness Preparation Proposal to the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11371.aspx Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:27:49 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11371.aspx In response to concerns raised from World Bank and US Government staff about the characterization of the outcomes of the Third Participants Committee (PC) meeting of the FCPF in Switzerland in June, the Bank Information Center would like to clarify that R-Plans are now called R-PPs. The R-PPs of Panama and Guyana were not approved by the PC, but advanced to the next stage in the process. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11322.aspx Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:20:27 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11322.aspx With the approval of the readiness plans for Guyana and Panama, the World Bank moves its Forest Carbon Partnership Facility forward despite civil society protests. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11278.aspx Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:09:13 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11278.aspx Indigenous leader calls for suspension of REDD activities. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11693.aspx Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11693.aspx