Forest Reports

REDD From the Conservation Perspective

June 09, 2009

Pitfalls and Opportunities for mutually addressing climate change and biodiversity conservation

Greenpeace Summary of the ¨REDD from the Conservation Perspective¨ report

June 09, 2009

Conclusions and Recommendations on the report commissioned by Greenpeace from the University of Freiburg, Institute of Forest Policy.

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Slaughtering the Amazon

June 01, 2009

The cattle sector in the Brazilian Amazon is the largest driver of deforestation in the world, responsible for an average of one acre lost every 8 seconds. Efforts to halt global deforestation emissions must tackle this sector.

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REDD and the effort to limit global warming to 2°C: Implications for including REDD credits in the international carbon market

March 30, 2009

Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) has moved firmly onto the agenda as the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) approach the climate change negotiations at the Conference of the Parties (COP) 15 at Copenhagen in December 2009. REDD is an option that could rapidly and cost-effectively reduce GHG emissions and could also protect biodiversity and benefit local and indigenous peoples. Furthermore, the engagement of the United States and others has heightened interest in, and debate about, the use of emissions offsets to achieve greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goals.

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The Economics of 2°C and REDD in Carbon Markets: Greenpeace summary of KEA3 report: “REDD and the effort to limit global warming to 2°C"

March 30, 2009

Questions have been raised about the extent to which including REDD credits in the carbon markets would reduce incentives to invest in clean and renewable technologies and affect our ability to stay well below 2°C. Greenpeace therefore commissioned the economic modeling experts at KEA3 to examine the impacts of including REDD in the carbon markets.

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Indonesian deforestation factsheet

March 26, 2009

Indonesia is a very large country with a total area covering 1,919,440 km2. The large area makes Indonesia the fourth largest country in Asia after China, India and Saudi Arabia1. In 2003, based on the United Nations’ estimate, Indonesia is the fourth most populated country among 193 other countries with a total population of 219.883.0002.

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SINAR MAS : Indonesian Palm Oil Menance

March 26, 2009

One of the growing new threats to Indonesia’s forests is the ‘gold rush’ for new oil palm plantations, driven by the increasing global demand for palm oil for food, soaps, cosmetics and biofuels. Indonesia, the world’s largest palm oil producer, has the fastest deforestation rate of any major forested country.

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Recycled Tissue and Toilet Paper Guide

February 18, 2009

Did you know? Americans could save more than 400,000 trees if each family bought a roll of recycled toilet paper—just once.

Recycled tissue products help protect ancient forests, clean water, and wildlife habitat. It's easier on the Earth to make tissues from paper instead of trees. Download our printable pocket-sized version of the Guide.

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Amazon Cattle Footprint

February 17, 2009

Between 2000 and 2007, the Brazilian Amazon was deforested at a rate of 19,368 square km every year. In this time, 154,312 square km of forest have been destroyed, an area larger than Greece.

Deforestation and land-use change makes up 75% of Brazilian greenhouse gases emissions. From this total, 59% come from the loss of forest cover and burning in the Amazon region, making Brazil the fourth biggest climate polluter worldwide.

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Land Use and Slaughterhouses in Mato Grosso

January 29, 2009

This map shows the extent to which cattle pasture is the main use of deforested land in Mato Grosso.

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