Several environmental organizations released a joint technical note about the impacts of the new proposal that aims to reduce protection of the Jamanxim National Forest. The measure will benefit land grabbers and may double deforestation in the region.
Building Bridges Between Agriculture and REDD+: summary of an international REDD+ farm fund proposal
The REDD+ component of the UNFCCC and other REDD processes such as the Governors’ Climate and Forest task force have the potential to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions 10% or more by slowing tropical deforestation and forest degradation and by enhancing forest...