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| Subtopic: Deforestation 19 items found | |
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| Blue Carbon: A Potentially Winning Climate Strategy |
| Protecting coastal mangrove forests may be a highly competitive, cost-effective approach for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to a recent study by experts from RFF and the University of California, Davis. |
| How the United States Can Support REDD+ Programs |
| Efforts to reduce deforestation in developing tropical countries continue to provide promising opportunities to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while simultaneously addressing development concerns. |
| U.S. Policy Options for Reducing Tropical Deforestation: What Can be Done? |
| In a new Discussion Paper, RFF scholars propose a “whole-of-government” approach for slowing and reversing tropical forest loss to engage the full suite of policy levers in the federal government. |
| Congressional Perspectives on Tropical Forest Conservation |
| A new Issue Brief by researchers from RFF and Climate Advisers details the results of a February 2011 survey of key congressional staff, examining attitudes and perspectives about tropical forest conservation. |
| Tracking Trees and Change |
| Reducing deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) — a critical step toward halting climate change — requires multiple tools to track changes in the forest, the land, and the global marketplace. Panelists at a recent RFF seminar highlighted innovative forest carbon supply tools that are now available and defined the role for such tools in the international REDD process. |
| REDD+ Credits: Feasible Supply Less Than Expected |
| With expectations high over the prospect of REDD+ in the next few years, a new RFF Issue Brief finds the feasible potential of these credits is actually much lower than some models predict. |
| Why We Need Accurate Maps of the World’s Forests |
| Resources Magazine: RFF researchers make the case for better forest maps and the space-based technologies that can make them a reality. |
| Taking Stock of the Biomass Crop Assistance Program |
| RFF Senior Fellow Roger Sedjo finds that the impacts of a new federal biomass program on wood growers and processors may not be clear-cut. |
| Valuing “Windows on the World” |
| RFF researchers look at alternative ways to measure the value of Earth observation images, including emerging applications for monitoring forest carbon. |
| Balancing Conservation and Development |
| New research highlights the economics of critical developing world issues such as deforestation and water supply. |
| Introducing the Forest Carbon Index |
| Watch a virtual presentation of RFF researchers describing an innovative project mapping the world's forest carbon resources. |
| Taking a Census of the World’s Forests |
| Can satellite imagery provide improved measurements of global forests? A new RFF Report asserts that space-based observations will give us the best—and most timely—data on forest inventory. |
| 'Forest Carbon Index' Maps the Geography of Climate Solutions |
| The innovative ‘Forest Carbon Index’ uses geospatial data to estimate each nation's potential to attract forest carbon investment based on profit potential and country-specific risk factors. |
| Event: Managing the World’s Forests |
| At a November 5th seminar, experts discussed challenges in forest data, new research, and the role of forest carbon in evolving U.S. climate change legislation. Video and audio available. |
| Could Uncertain Forest Inventories Hinder Carbon Markets? |
| Incongruities in national forest measures from across the globe could present a stumbling block for the development of international forest policy, says Paul Waggoner. |
| Ecosystems and Climate: Managing Change |
| The challenges facing terrestrial ecosystems in a warming climate are daunting, according to an RFF Report that explores policies and perspectives on making nature more resilient in the face of climate stress. |
| Overseeing International Forest Conservation Programs |
| With Congress designing plans to manage international forest conservation, a key question arises—who should be in charge? In a new issue brief, RFF’s Nigel Purvis, Ray Kopp, and Andrew Stevenson offer their suggestion. |
| Strengthening the Role of Forests in Climate Policy |
| A new study from the RFF Forest Carbon Initiative outlines approaches for using marketable carbon credits to curb deforestation in developing nations. |
| Coffee Eco-certification: A Boon for the Environment? |
| Advocates claim that eco-certification of coffee, which is increasingly common, discourages growing practices that pollute water and degrade soil and biodiversity. A new RFF Discussion Paper assesses whether a Costa Rican certification program actually has such benefits. |
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