As REDD projects around the world face setbacks, restoration projects in the Amazon are flourishing as a means of reviving market confidence in forest-based carbon credits. In Brazil, the golden goose ...

* U.S. firm says technique passes carbon accounting hurdle * Step could boost development of REDD * Australian firm signs large REDD deal in Indonesia By David Fogarty, Climate Change Correspondent, ...

Vitol urges EU ETS “safety valve” in call to preserve market’s long-term durability; RWE reports rise in lignite-fired generation in Q1; VCM Report: CORSIA fut ...

The Cambodian government recently approved at least three new irrigation dam projects within protected forests of the Cardamom Mountains that overlap with two carbon credit projects, reports ...

A University of Cambridge-led study found many REDD+ forest conservation projects delivered real deforestation reductions despite nearly 11 times more carbon credits being issued than justified. The ...

A new report by the Earth Innovation Institute (EII) estimates that REDD+ jurisdictional projects in the Brazilian Amazon could generate up to $20 billion through the sale of carbon credits. The study ...

LONDON, Feb 9 - A Kenyan project has become the first to issue Redd credits under the Voluntary Carbon Standard. NGO Wildlife Works announced Tuesday its reducing emissions from deforestation and ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. The United Nations established the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) mechanism in the early 2000’s ...