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Carbon Scam: Noel Kempff Climate Action Project and the Push for Sub-national Forest Offsets

October 15, 2009

There is widespread agreement that tropical deforestation, which accounts for about 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions, must be halted in order to avoid the catastrophic impacts associated with a 2°C or more rise in global mean temperature.

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Minimum Criteria for Industrial Scale Cattle Operations in the Brazilian Amazon Biome

October 05, 2009

The following criteria apply to all agribusiness companies operating within the Brazilian Amazon biome, hereafter referred to as COMPANIES, and for all and any property which supplies COMPANIES with cattle, including beef, leather and other cattle by-products. These criteria must be met as pre-conditions to any purchase or commercial contract and in all relevant operations of the COMPANIES, their affiliates and subsidiaries. The criteria shall not be used to justify future deforestation of any kind in any other region.

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REDD From the Conservation Perspective

June 09, 2009

Pitfalls and Opportunities for mutually addressing climate change and biodiversity conservation

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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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