Policy and Research Updates
Go behind the scene with the experts from our climate team to see what the Rainforest Alliance is doing to curb global climate change, learn about the work of organizations we admire and find out where our program is headed.
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A significant step forward in the battle against climate change was made today with agreement from around 50 nations for the rapid deployment of more than US $4bn to Reduce Emissions from...May 27, 2010
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The Rainforest Alliance is aligned with a group of high-profile international conservation organizations — including Conservation International, the Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources...April 3, 2010
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Today we’d like to offer an extra arrow for you to add to your quiver of talking points about why Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification is the premier system for promoting responsible...March 26, 2010
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Has there been significant growth in the forest carbon markets? What are the trends? Where is the quantitative, market-based evidence to support these markets? These questions have been raised in...January 8, 2010
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In 2007, the Nobel Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on the scientific basics of climate change synthesized various climate models. The IPCC concluded that...October 22, 2009
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For more than two decades, the Rainforest Alliance has been working to stop deforestation and reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). Avoiding, averting and just plain...September 11, 2009
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The vast tropical forests of the Amazon and Congo Basins, as well as those in Indonesia, represent the bulk of tropical forest threatened by deforestation. But how important are forests in other...June 19, 2009
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Jeff Hayward, manager of the Rainforest Alliance’s climate initiative, discusses the potential risks of REDD. I’ve said it many times before, and I’ll continue to say it: conserving forests by...May 8, 2009