The Global Peatland CO2 Picture</h1> <article> <h1>The Global Peatland CO2 Picture</h1> <p>Carpaij — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:13:00 GMT</p> <p>The report presents the first overview ever of peatland carbon data for all countries and regions of the world. This overview has been produced to facilitate the UNFCCC climate negotiations in response to a call by countries for emission data caused by the Land Use Change and Forestry sector. For every country/area information is given on extent and status of peatlands, volume of the peat resource and on CO2 emissions from different types of land use, both for the year 1990 as well as for the year 2008.</p> <p> </p> </article> <article> <h1>Trick or Treat?: REDD, Development and Sustainable Forest Management</h1> <p>Lehr — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:09:00 GMT</p> <p>The post-Kyoto United Nations climate agreement is at risk of subsidising industrial scale logging of primary forests, <span style="color: #231f20">according to </span><i><a href="http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/838/en/trick_or_treat_redd_development_and_sustainable_fo">Trick or Treat?: REDD, Development and Sustainable Forest Management</a></i>,<span style="color: #231f20"> a </span>briefing paper released October 2<sup>nd</sup> by Global Witness. Without good governance and a focus on protecting intact natural forests rather than the forest industry, any climate agreement has little chance of addressing the nearly 25 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions that stem from the destruction of tropical forests and peatlands.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Vested Interests - industrial logging and carbon in tropical forests</h1> <p>Tol — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:41:00 GMT</p> <p> A review of the immediate and substantial carbon emissions caused by industrial logging practices. Even "best practice" logging (often carried out under the guise of "sustainable forest management") has serious adverse climate change implications.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="/Portals/22/Vested Interests Report (Industrial logging and carbon in tropical forests).pdf">Download Report</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Are emission reductions from peatlands MRV-able?</h1> <p>Tol — Thu, 28 May 2009 09:34:00 GMT</p> <p>Globally very significant GHG benefits can accrue by avoiding peatland degradation and by actively restoring peatlands. This report, produced for the UNFCCC Climate Change Talks in Bonn, June 2009, addresses the question whether the results of such actions are measurable, reportable and verifiable.</p> <p><a style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; line-height: 19px; color: rgb(0, 83, 160); text-decoration: underline; " href="/Portals/22/watch and read/papers/MRVandpeatlands_final (2).pdf">Download Report</a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </article> <article> <h1>Emission factors for managed peat soils - An analysis of IPCC default values</h1> <p>Tol — Thu, 28 May 2009 09:27:00 GMT</p> <div class="NormalBold"> <p>This paper evaluates IPCC approaches to greenhouse gas emissions from managed organic (peat) soils and notices that the IPCC Guidelines 2006. This report was produced for the UNFCCC Climate Change Talks in Bonn, June 2009.</p> <p><a href="/Portals/22/watch and read/papers/IPCC2006 guidelines_and_peatlands.pdf">Download Report</a></p> </div> <p> </p> </article> <article> <h1>DE-CONSTRUCTING LULUCF and its perversities</h1> <p>Tol — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:51:00 GMT</p> <p>HOW ANNEX I PARTIES AVOID THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES IN LULUCF<br /> (RULES MADE BY LOGGERS FOR LOGGERS)</p> <p>The rules, definitions and guidelines on land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) under the Kyoto Protocol contain what are routinely referred to as the LULUCF perversities, since their application results in perverse outcomes in relation to climate change. This brief guide explains the complexities of land use change and forestry components of LULUCF and identifies the key problems in the LULUCF rules and definitions.</p> <p><a href="/Portals/22/watch and read/papers/Deconstructing LULUCF[1].Final.FInal.doc">Download paper</a></p> </article> </main></body></html>