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April 29, 2014 By Stephen Farshing Leave a Comment

Are Brazil’s Deforestation Policies Enough?

Filed Under: Agriculture, Brazil, Financial Incentives, Foreign Investment, Forestry, LULUCF, REDD

      As deforestation alone is responsible for well over half of Brazil’s GHG emissions, it is a contentious sector at all levels of government, for businesses, NGOs, and civil society groups. To meet its stated emissions reductions goals by 2020, Brazil must simply stop cutting down forests, or at… read more 

April 13, 2014 By Jesse Libra Leave a Comment

Indonesia’s Forest Moratorium

Filed Under: LULUCF, REDD, Uncategorized Tagged With: Deforestation, Indonesia, LULUCF, Monitoring

In 2009, the Indonesian government made a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 26 percent, with 87 percent of these reductions expected to come from land-use improvements. This commitment was quickly supported by the Norwegian government, which pledged $1 billion to aid Indonesia’s emission reductions effort, with funds made… read more 

April 8, 2014 By Bilal Bawany Leave a Comment

Whose forest is it anyway? – Political Barriers to Reducing Emissions from Forests

Filed Under: Agriculture, Foreign Investment, Forestry, Indonesia, LULUCF, Planning, REDD, Uncategorized Tagged With: Indonesia, LUCF, Politics

Continuing from my previous blog post which discussed the technical barriers developing countries face in reducing forestry relation emissions, this blog post will looks at how domestic politics can hamper the adoption of mitigation strategies. Measuring forests, converting forest land and preserving forests are all deeply political acts. Any policy… read more 

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