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First-of-its-kind project sets the bar for socially and environmentally sustainable forest carbon projects, preserving forest livelihoods and charting a course for other indigenous tribes in Brazil...

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Semeando Esperança, colhendo bens e serviços ambientais
Este livro é a principal publicação de um projeto de serviços ambientais em Juruena, Brasil e tem como objetivo apresentar ...
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Understanding Community Based-REDD+: A Manual for Indigenous Communities
The Asia Indigenous Peoples’ Pact and the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs recently produced a manual for indigenous communities ...
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CarbonOffsetREVIEW.com
CarbonOffsetREVIEW.com is quickly becoming a leading directory for carbon offset suppliers in the voluntary markets. It provides consumers seeking to ...
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Training Stakeholders on Payment for Ecosystem Services in Uganda
Forest Trends in partnership with the Chimpanzee Sanctuary and Wildlife Conservation Trust held 2 workshops in Uganda in April 2011. These ...
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Creating New Values for Africa
This booklet contains 12 featured projects and initiatives which demonstrate the current innovations and challenges to carbon, water, biodiversity PES ...
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Introduction to Payments for Ecosystem Services
This manual introduces the basic concepts related to payments for ecosystem services and their application in Uganda.
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Desmatamento evitado (REDD) e povos indígenas
Este livro, publicado pelo Instituto Socioambiental em parceria com o Forest Trends, traz informações e reflexões úteis para a discusão ...
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