Greenpeace announces “Forests for Climate Initiative”

Greenpeace recently announced its proposal for a forest carbon payment mechanism to reduce deforestation in tropical countries.    The “Forests for Climate Initiative” was launched in Jakarta, hosted by the Indonesian Minister of Environment Rachmat Witoelar. On the same tour, Greenpeace activists stalled shipments of palm oil from Indonesia (see photo above) on the grounds that the country’s development of oil [...]

Equity versus Efficiency in REDD Payments

Guest post from Frances Seymour, Director General of CIFOR As those attending this conference will attest, there is a lot of excitement around the power of forest carbon financing to reduce poverty. However, the distribution of these payments raises some thorny equity issues. While it is true that there is some scope for “win-win” opportunities [...]

Rights and equity impacts of different financing mechanisms, forest carbon trading schemes and funds

Gary Bull, Professor at the Department of Forest Resources Management of the University of British Columbia presented three case studies that were looking at issues around contract design and revenue distribution from forest carbon projects and where trying to assess the influence of social capital on successful project implementation and if property rights and governance [...]