Posted by Jake Schmidt in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
As I briefly discussed on Earthbeat, on Monday Brazilian President Lula da Silva signed a national climate change plan, which included a pledge to cut Brazil's deforestation rate in half from today's levels by 2018 -- from approximately 4,633 to...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
UPDATED 12/19/08: I had some subsequent conversations with key negotiators, other NGOs, other key policymakers which helped to clarify some of the positions. As always these negotiations move fast and in real-time so I hope you bear with me on any...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
I spoke yesterday from Poland on the radio program Earthbeat about some of the happenings in Poland these first days of the climate negotiations. It is too early in the negotiations for any news on details of the negotiations, but...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
As the New Yorker highlighted in their recent article Stolen Forests, illegal logging is a major problem -- causing deforestation, supporting criminal groups, etc. As my colleague Jacob Scherr highlights, it is also a threat to indigenous communities. And, addressing...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
The Brazilian government will release a goal to cut net deforestation to zero by 2015, as a part of a draft climate change action plan, as reported by the BBC. The plan aims to have more trees planted in Brazil...continued→
