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Exigences en matière de consultation en vertu du FLEGT

Une note d'information par une coalition d'ONG qui détaille ce qui constitue un processus de consultation efficace pour les pays négociant une application des réglementations forestières, de gouvernance et de commerce, Accord de Participation Volontaire (FLEGT-APV) avec l'UE.

 

Pourquoi les pays du Bassin du Congo risquent d’être pénalisés par un système REDD basé sur le marché

Ce document explique les implications d’un système fondé sur un niveau de base historique avec un facteur de correction pour les pays à faible déforestation.

Why Congo Basin countries stand to lose out from a market based REDD

This briefing paper unravels the implications of setting a historical baseline with a correction factor for low deforestation countries. It also explains why carbon markets are unlikely to raise the anticipated funds for forest protection, due to the unsuitability of applying these policy mechanisms to forests, and why any funds raised are unlikely to reach Central Africa or other regions with low deforestation rates and weak governance.

Snake oil or climate cure - The effect of public funding on European bioenergy

If European Union targets are met, by the year 2020, 20 per cent of the EU’s energy consumption will come from renewable sources. In an attempt to achieve this target, the EU is investing heavily in new sources of energy, including bioenergy. This briefing note examines where public funding for the bioenergy sector is coming from, where it is going, and what the effects of this investment might be on the environment.

Is REDD undermining FLEGT

With proper safeguards, FLEGT has the capacity to bring about real improvements in forest governance – but concerns have been raised that this could all be undermined by the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) schemes currently being developed by the UN and the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF). This briefing looks at the case of Ghana and concludes that the Ghana experience should alert us to the dangers of rushing REDD processes.

Consultation requirements under FLEGT

A briefing note by a coalition of European NGOs which details what constitutes a proper consultation process for countries negotiating a Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade, Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA) with the EU.

Faisons les comptes : les crédits forestiers et leur effet sur les marchés du carbone

Cette note d’information présente les dernières recherches concernant l’impact du commerce des crédits de carbone forestier sur les marchés du carbone, et les effets consécutifs sur les forêts et le climat.

Counting the cost: forest credits and their effect on carbon markets

A short briefing note looking at research into the impact of trading forest carbon credits on carbon markets, and the subsequent effect on forests and the climate.

Avoiding solutions: How Export Credit Agencies help companies that continue to evade tax

This briefing note shows the folly of G-20 plans to increase ECAs’ capacity without ensuring they bring in regulations aimed at halting their support for companies that take advantage of tax avoidance loopholes such as offshore financial centres. It ends with a series of recommendations for ensuring ECAs are held to government policies.