Paris-Oslo process - comments by ECA Comments on the draft REDD+ Partnership Agreement</h1> <article> <h1>Paris-Oslo process - comments by ECA Comments on the draft REDD+ Partnership Agreement</h1> <p>Tol — Tue, 25 May 2010 14:50:00 GMT</p> <p>In this submission the Ecosystems Climate Alliance provides its feedback to the draft text of the Interim REDD+ partnership under the so-called Paris-Oslo process.</p> </article> <article> <h1>FCCC/CP/2010/2: LCA text COP15, 11 February 2010</h1> <p>Tol — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:21:00 GMT</p> <p><b><font face="TimesNewRoman,Bold" size="4"><font face="TimesNewRoman,Bold" size="4"> <p align="left">Work undertaken by the Conference of the Parties at its fifteenth session on the basis of the report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-termCooperative Action under the Convention.</p> </font></font></b></p> </article> <article> <h1>Submission to Bolivia summit to call for review forest definitions UNFCCC</h1> <p>Tol — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:11:00 GMT</p> <p>From 20 to 22 April 2010 The People’s World Conference took place in Cochabamba, Bolivia. A number of member and observers organisations of the Ecosystems Climate Alliance provided input to the Bolivia Summit to call for a review of forest defintions, terms and classifications under the UNFCCC for the purpose of the negotiated REDD+ policy (reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries). Without clear distinction between natural forests and plantations, there is a high risk that under the UNFCCC this will create financial incentives for the conversion of natural forests including their organic soils (peatlands) to wood / paper and oil palm plantations.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Letter to UN on exclusion civil society at COP15</h1> <p>Tol — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:48:00 GMT</p> <p>ECA has expressed its strong concern <font size="2"><font size="2">at the exclusion of observers and civil society constituencies during the last two days of the climate negotiations at COP 15 in Copenhagen in a letter addressed to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. </font></font><font size="2">Download this letter here.</font></p> </article> <article> <h1>Wetlands International Policy brief UN climate Conference Copenhagen</h1> <p>Carpaij — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:32:00 GMT</p> <p>This policy brief summarises the position of Wetlands International for a post-2012 climate agreement. It provides text suggestions for incorporating the emissions from peatlands in decisions on land use emissions in both developed countries and developing countries. Currently, peatland emission remain unaccounted in Annex 1 countries and are in danger to remain ignored under REDD schemes. The policy brief also emphasises the role of wetland conservation and restoration in climate change adaptation strategies. </p> </article> <article> <h1>Building Confidence in REDD - Monitoring Beyond Carbon</h1> <p>Stewart — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:44:00 GMT</p> <p>This report is intended to inform the development of a monitoring system for REDD that goes beyond the measurement, reporting and verification of emissions reductions and carbon stored in forests (C-MRV). It identifies governance challenges and the risks presented to investment by weak governance and extensive illegality in REDD countries, and provides the rationale for a broad-based robust monitoring system.</p> <p><a href="/Portals/22/Reports/Building Confidence in REDD Final(En).pdf">Read report here</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>A Decade of Experience - Lessons Learned from Independent Forest Monitoring to Inform REDD</h1> <p>Stewart — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:42:00 GMT</p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; "><br /> Independent Forest Monitoring (IFM) has been developed over the last decade to monitor logging, legal compliance and forest law enforcement. Through the provision of publicly accessible, objective information on the control of activities in the forest sector, IFM addresses governance and transparency and supports forest law enforcement. IFM is, in effect, a form of systems or governance monitoring. This report presents a detailed review and analysis of lessons learned from implementing IFM in practice.</span></p> <p><a href="/Portals/22/Reports/A Decade of Experience Final(En).pdf">Read Report here</a></p> </article> <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>Policy brief Wetlands International to the REDD-non Paper 18 of 08/10/09 @ 10.00</h1> <p>Tol — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:45:00 GMT</p> <p>By Wetlands International with regard to addressing GHG emissions from peatlands in REDD, d.d. 30 October 2009</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>Wetlands International Policy brief on LCA & KP - 5 Aug '09</h1> <p>Tol — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:58:00 GMT</p> <p>This policy brief provides an analysis of both the REDD section in the LCA text (d.d. 22 June) and add.2 & 3 of the KP text (d.d.1 July) with regards to addressing emissions from degraded wetlands/peatland. Please download this policy brief with our comments and recommendations as input for the upcoming intersessional informal consultations in Bonn, 10-14 August 2009.</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>ECA Submission on LULUCF - 24 April 2009</h1> <p>Stewart — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:24:00 GMT</p> <p>This submission covers issues relating to LULUCF in response to the call for submissions, by 24 April 2009, on the Annex to the AWG-KP Chair’s conclusions on Land use, land-use change and forestry (FCCC/KP/AWG/2009/L.3) of 8 April 2009, ‘Options and proposals on how to address definitions, modalities, rules and guidelines for the treatment of land use, land use change and forestry’.</p> <p><a href="/Portals/22/watch and read/Submissions/ECA Submission on LULUCF -24 April 2009.pdf">Download LULUCF submission ECA</a> </p> </article> <article> <h1>ECA Submission on REDD- 24 April 2009</h1> <p>Stewart — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:13:00 GMT</p> <p>This submission covers issues relating to REDD, which the ECA is calling for incorporation into negotiating text for consideration at the sixth session of the AWG-LCA. It has been issued by ECA in response to an invitation for submissions by 24 April 2009 relating to the elements of paragraph 1 of the Bali Action Plan.</p> <p><a href="/Portals/22/watch and read/Submissions/ECA Submission on REDD-24 April 2009.pdf">Download REDD submission ECA</a></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> <article> <h1>Summary ECA position paper Bonn March 2009</h1> <p>Tol — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:00:00 GMT</p> <p><span style="font-size: small">This paper summarises the position of the Ecosystems Climate Alliance (ECA) relating to REDD and LULUCF</span><span style="font-size: smaller"><a title="" href="http://www.ecosystemsclimate.org/Providers/HtmlEditorProviders/Fck/FCKeditor/editor/fckeditor.html?InstanceName=dnn_ctr6294_Projects_ucSubmitNews_txtSummary_txtSummary&Toolbar=DNNDefault#_ftn1_ftn1"><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#003366">[1]</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size: small"><span>. It is based on our recent submission to the UNFCCC</span></span><span style="font-size: smaller"><a title="" href="http://www.ecosystemsclimate.org/Providers/HtmlEditorProviders/Fck/FCKeditor/editor/fckeditor.html?InstanceName=dnn_ctr6294_Projects_ucSubmitNews_txtSummary_txtSummary&Toolbar=DNNDefault#_ftn2_ftn2"><span style="font-size: small"><font color="#003366">[2]</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size: small"><span>.</span></span></p> <div id="ftn2"> <p><a href="/Portals/22/watch and read/Submissions/summaryECAPositionBrief_1Apr09.doc">Download summary</a></p> </div> </article> <article> <h1>ECA submission to the UNFCCC - 5 feb</h1> <p>Tol — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:12:00 GMT</p> <p><font face="ArialMT" size="2">This ECA position paper covers issues relating to REDD, Annex 1 LULUCF options and SBSTA in response to specific submission invitations and deadlines in February 2009.</font></p> <p><font face="ArialMT" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><a href="/Portals/22/watch and read/Submissions/ECA SUBMISSION.final.pdf">Download submission</a></span></font></p> </article> <article> <h1>Palm oil production fuels peatland loss</h1> <p>Tol — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:37:00 GMT</p> <p><span>This video (English) shows how palm oil is threatening Southeast Asia's tropical peatlands. Due to drainage of the swamps, the peat oxidates and releases huge amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere.</span></p> </article> <article> <h1>Film tropical peatland conservation and restoration</h1> <p>Tol — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 10:46:00 GMT</p> <p><span>All over Indonesia and Malaysia, vast peatswamp forest have been logged, drained and burned with disastrous consequences for climate, nature and local people. This film by Wetlands International shows the approach needed for effective conservation and restoration of these areas. </span></p> </article> </main></body></html>