A delegation of CEO’s, representing the REDD+ Business Initiative and FSC NL, visited Executive Vice President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans on March 3d....
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RBI meets with EU lawmaker
Representatives of RBI discussed with Bas Eickhout (Greens/EFA) the letter of six MEPs to California to warn against the use of forest carbon credits in...
UN Airline Carbon Ruling amidst COVID 19 crisis
As the airline industry contends with the grim financial implications of Covid-19, UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) announced on March 13 a critical step...
Near All-time high for Voluntary offsets in 2018; largely due to REDD+ projects in Peru
Ecosystem Marketplace (EM) tracked transactions of voluntary carbon offsets for 2018 representing emission reductions equivalent to 98.4 MtCO2 e2 with a market value of $295.7...
New poisonous snake species discovered in RBI’s Flagship Project in Peru
A new species to science has been discovered in the Bahuaja Sonene National Park, a specific region of the Tambopata-Bahuaja Biodiversity Reserve project. The snake...
First international export of cacao from RBI’s Flagship project in Peru
The Tambopata-Bahuaja Biodiversity Reserve in Peru has reached two important milestones in 2019 for cacao processing and international exportation. These include the formal opening of...
REDD+ Business Initiative partners realized a 14,6 MtCO2 emission reduction in five years
Since the official start of the REDD+ Business Initiative in 2013, its members collectively purchased CO2 credits from REDD+ projects to the equivalent of 14,6...
Deforestation in the tropics increases despite commitments to halt it
Despite the commitment of the New York Declaration on Forests (NDYF) to halve the rate of loss of natural forests globally by 2020 and strive...
REDD+ Business Initiative welcomes Greenwood International as new member
Greenwood International, known from its timber and timber products from sustainable forests in Southeast Asia joined the REDD+ Business Initiative in September 2019. Managing Director...
New summary report on the contribution of forests to climate change mitigation
Face the Future published a synthesis report on the contribution of forests to climate change mitigation. The study was commissioned by the REDD+ Business Initiative...