#37 Forests in the Copenhagen Deal
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Yesterday Europe blocked the protection of natural forests at the Bangkok Climate Talks. Is the Prince of Wales Rainforest Project (PRP) Emergency Package an appropriate alternative solution for forests? We speak to Tony Juniper, special advisor to PRP and former director of Friends of the Earth. We’ll continue to dig into the forestry story next week. UPDATE: British delegate’s pro-logging stance prompts EU apology.
Prince’s Rainforest Project
- A green bailout to stop deforestation – Tony Juniper, The Guardian, 7 Sept 2009
- Prince’s Rainforests Project
- PRP’s “Emergency Package for Tropical Forests” – March 2009
Indigenous Land Rights
- REDD: Reaping profits from Evictions, land grabs, Deforestation & Destruction of biodiversity – IEN, October 2009
- Give forests back to local people to save them – Fred Pearce, New Scientist, 7 October 2009
REDD at the UN talks
- REDD discussions in Bangkok – REDD-Monitor, 8 October 2009
- REDD – An Introduction – REDD Monitor
- Giant Loophole in Forest Plan – FoEI, December 2008
Biofuels
- World’s Forests Rapidly Disappearing – Biofuels a Major Driver – FoEI, March 2009
- European Biofuel Use Driving Disaster in Indonesia – FoEE, 23 September 2009
- New Report Casts Doubt of Biofuels ‘Wonder Crop’ Jatropha – FoEI, May 2009
- ‘Sustainable Palm Oil’ advert false says watchdog – FoEI, 10 September 2009
Yesterday Europe blocked the protection of natural forests at the Bangkok Climate Talks. Is the Prince of Wales Rainforest Project (PRP) Emergency Package a viable alternative solution for forests? We speak to Tony Juniper, special advisor to PRP and former director of Friends of the Earth.
[…] Tony Juniper, the Cambridge Green party candidate, when I heard him speak in a radio interview at http://climateradio.org/37-forests-in-the-copenhagen-deal/ in which, when challenged on the EU biofuel targets, was rather ambivalent and said that he thinks […]
[…] Tony Juniper, the Cambridge Green party candidate, when I heard him speak in a radio interview at http://climateradio.org/37-forests-in-the-copenhagen-deal/ in which, when challenged on the EU biofuel targets, was rather ambivalent and said that he thinks […]