Contentious Forest Project—“Carbon Scam” or Learning Opportunity?
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Bolivia The environmental movement is largely in agreement that international climate negotiators should include avoided deforestation measures in the successor...
View ArticleWorld Forestry Congress Sends Message to Climate Negotiators
Feelings of inequality and tensions between the global North and South—which have plagued international negotiations leading up to the December United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen,...
View ArticleClosing Loopholes and Bridging Gaps After Bonn
International youth invite delegates to hide their emissions by throwing plastic "emissions" balls through a parody of the LULUCF loophole rules (Photo courtesy SustainUS) Logging loopholes, gigaton...
View ArticleBiofuel Expansion in Central America and the Myth of Vacant Land
Globally, biofuels are being promoted as a kind of nicotine patch to wean the world off its dirty and expensive fossil fuel addiction. Known by some as “aboveground oil fields,” biodiesel (made from...
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