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FERN's submission to the FSC regarding the Plantar certificate.

FERN's SinksWatch initiative submission to the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) regarding the accreditation audit of Scientific Certification Systems at Plantar S.A., in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
    Also, see preliminary report by SILVA Ecossystem Consultants complements the FERN / SinksWatch submission to FSC.
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application/pdf iconSILVA Ecosystem Consultants report136.81 KB

The CDM methodology approval process and the exclusion of avoided fuel switch projects

Explanatory Briefing on avoided fuel switch projects and the CDM approval process for project methodologies.
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Fake 'credit card' leaflet

Ten reasons to say no to carbon sinks credits.
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Durban Declaration on Carbon Trading.

Representatives from people’s movements and organizations worldwide gathered in South Africa from 4-7 October 2004 to help forge a global people’s movement for action on climate change and to condemn the rapidly emerging market in carbon as a false solution to the problem.

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application/pdf iconDeclaración de Durban sobre el Comercio de Carbono40.4 KB
application/pdf iconDéclaration de Durban sur le commerce du carbone41.42 KB

Forestwatch Issue 104

  • Forest Action Plan in the pipeline
  • World Bank Pro-sinks meeting shuns NGOs
  • CPET condemnstimber schemes
  • Bialowieza NGOs call on IUCN to i ntervene
  • DG Environment restructuring
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Kyoto: What's to celebrate?

A coalition of NGOs, social and environmental activists, communities, scientists and economists from around the world concerned about the climate crisis, the Durban Group, charged that the 1997 climate treaty not only fails to cut greenhouse gas emissions enough to avert climate catastrophe, but also steals from the poor to give to the rich.
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Carbon 'offset' - no magic solution to 'neutralise' fossil fuel emissions

FERN explains the myth of carbon 'offset' in a special briefing.
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Forest fraud: say no to fake carbon credits

FERN and SinksWatch are calling for EU governments to exclude carbon sinks projects from their climate project portfolios at COP9 in Milan. The report assesses the potential impacts on forests and forest peoples of granting carbon credits to forest-related projects under the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism.

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application/pdf icon2003.11 - Forest fraud_say no to fake credits.pdf695.1 KB