Bonn summit: Participants reach a consensus on forest protection

According to an IPCC report, deforestation is responsible for almost 10 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions

REDD and REDD +: An Overview (Part II)

Jagdish Kishwan, additional director general (wildlife) at the Ministry of Environment and Forest, explains why REDD + is a "win-win" …

National Forestry Research Plan to focus on climate change

A blueprint for scientific research in forestry, the plan is made every 20 years and was formulated last in 2000

“India will not and should not take reduction targets”, says Environment minister

Jairam Ramesh, India’s Union Minister on Forests and Environment briefs South Asian journalists on India’s stand on climate …

Jairam Ramesh on forests and climate change

“Forestry Management is crucial to any agreement on climate change”, says Jairam Ramesh, India’s Union Minister of Forest and …

REDD+ has failed to achieve its objectives: CSE report

Not only does large-scale financing remains a major issue, REDD+’s performance in halting or reversing deforestation also remains questionable

Why reducing emissions from deforestation, forest degradation remains a challenge

Fund constraints and lack of clarity on implementation derails the progress of REDD+

Norway and the US agree to collaborate on forests and climate change

The statement recognises the importance of forests and land use in mitigating climate change

REDD and REDD +: An Overview

Shankar Gopalakrishnan, from the Campaign for Survival and Dignity, stresses that REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest …

FAO launches Open Foris software to monitor forests

The open source, free-to-use software was successfully used in pilot projects in 10 countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America; it can change …

India commits to restore 13 million ha of degraded forest under Bonn Challenge

Bringing back degraded and deforested lands can help stabilise the climate while sustainably supporting global and local economies, say experts

Climate change projects aren't working because communities are left out

Unless they trust climate change programmes, communities will continue to plunder forests rendering such interventions redundant

Talks progress slowly at Bonn, focus shifts to next COP at Marrakesh

Adaptation, finance, pre-2020 actions and loss and damage should remain the core agenda for the next Conference of Parties

ICFRE-ICIMOD’s REDD+ Himalayan programme extended till 2020

Launched in January 2016 in Mizoram, the project addressed the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in India's Himalayan states 

UNDP administrator pushes for forest protection for sustainable development at Davos

‘Commodity production without deforestation a win-win situation’

Economic potential of carbon-rich mangroves untapped: report

Policy interventions and carbon finance mechanisms needed to restore conservation

Forests brushed aside

CoP-11 fails to finalise guidelines to safeguard forest biodiversity

‘Forests can’t survive without communities’

Nepal’s Forest Act of 1993, which allows communities to manage their forests, is admired and emulated by governments and movements across …

India readies to implement UN’s REDD+ programme

MoEF’s draft policy aims to create the framework for transferring financial benefits from REDD+ to local communities involved in protecting …

Green Mission: raise forests, sink CO2

Protect biodiversity too, say experts  

Science & Technology - Briefs

Forestry, the Mexican way

Soon: India’s first REDD project

Forest conservation effort in Meghalaya can claim carbon benefits

One step forward, two steps back

Countries want to do little to keep global average temperature rise to below 2oC. The Warsaw climate talks have exposed this. A report by Uthra …

World gets a yellow card

The Warsaw climate talks serve a grim warning to the world that inaction will cost, writes Chandra Bhushan as he leaves Warsaw just before the …