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Term	Definition
Sinks (UNFCCC definition)	Any process or activity or mechanism which removes a greenhouse gas or a precursor from the atmosphere.
Stern Review	Study commissioned by the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer in which Sir Nicholas Stern examined the economics of climate change. Nicholas Stern presented his findings at the second Dialogue workshop.
Subsidiary Body for Implementation, or S	Established as a permanent standing body of the UNFCCC, the SBI develops recommendations to assist the Conference of the Parties in assessing and reviewing the implementation of the Convention.
Sustainable Development	Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

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Documentation to facilitate negotiations among Parties. Note by the Chair. Addendum. Land use, land-use change and forestry.

Documentation to facilitate negotiations among Parties. Note by the Chair. Addendum. Land use, land-use change and forestry.AbstractThis addendum is a draft decision text on options and proposals on how to ... + READ MORE

Financial governance and Indonesia’s Reforestation Fund during the Soeharto and post-Soeharto periods, 1989–2009: a political economic analysis of lessons for REDD+

This study analyses Indonesia’s experience with its Reforestation Fund, and examines implications for REDD+. The Reforestation Fund (Dana Reboisasi, DR) is a national forest fund financed by a volume-based timber levy to support ... + READ MORE

Draft decision -/CMP.5: Proposal by the President. Copenhagen Accord.

Draft decision -/CMP.5: Proposal by the President. Copenhagen Accord.NotesAgenda item 15High-level segmentDocument codeFCCC/KP/CMP/2009/L.9Publication date18 December 2009Source: ... + READ MORE

Draft decision -/CP.15: Proposal by the President. Copenhagen Accord.

Draft decision -/CP.15: Proposal by the President. Copenhagen Accord.NotesAgenda item 9High-level segmentDocument codeFCCC/CP/2009/L.7Publication date18 December 2009Source: ... + READ MORE

Draft decision -/CMP.5: Outcome of the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol. Proposal by the President.

Draft decision -/CMP.5: Outcome of the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol. Proposal by the President.NotesAgenda item 15High-level ... + READ MORE

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New global carbon map for 2.5 billion ha of forests

2.5-billion-ha carbon map shows forests store 250B tons of carbon Forest carbon stock Tropical forests across Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia stored 247 gigatons of carbon — more than 30 years' worth of current emissions ... + READ MORE

Is Indonesia’s Program to Stop Deforestation in Meltdown?

Back in December, I wrote an article for Mother Jones about Indonesia's efforts to reduce its levels of deforestation and, by extension, its greenhouse gas emissions, which are the third highest in the world, trailing ... + READ MORE

More Than 20 Years of Forest Carbon Yield Plenty of Lessons for Investors

It's more than two decades since a handful of environmental non-profits and green industrialists first began experimenting with mechanisms that slow global warming by funding the preservation of rainforests. In the ensuing decades, we've ... + READ MORE

Palm oil giant vows to spare most valuable Indonesian rainforest

Golden Agri-Resources – the world's second highest palm oil producer – bows to pressure from the west The world's second biggest palm oil company has agreed to halt deforestation in valuable areas of Indonesian forest, bowing to pressure ... + READ MORE

Prince Charles: 'direct relationship' between ecosystems and the economy

At an EU meeting in Brussels, dubbed the Low Carbon Prosperity Summit, the UK's Prince Charles made the case that without healthy ecosystems, the global economy will suffer. "We have to see that there ... + READ MORE