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Coalition Releases REDD Advice

Posted on October 10, 2008

Leaders from the environmental and business communities have released the most comprehensive recommendations yet on the role that forests should play in the next climate change agreement. The Forest Dialogue's Initiative on Forests and Climate Change, a 250-person coalition of governments, environmentalists, timber companies, trade unions, financial institutions, and indigenous peoples, released five guiding principles [PDF] in a joint statement at the World Conservation Union (IUCN) World Congress in Barcelona on Wednesday. Among the recommendations, the initiative said negotiators must add...

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