Forest Carbon Asia Information Briefs: Global Forest Carbon Policies & Standards

[Anuradha]

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Dear all,

Forest Carbon Asia is pleased to announce its latest briefs on global
forest carbon policies and standards relevant for Asia.

1. Rise and spread of national and sub-national forest carbon schemes
(Forest Carbon Asia Brief No. 4. Policy Updates)

International climate change negotiations at COP17 in Durban, December
2011 saw further developments on the proposed REDD+ mechanism to
reduce forest-based emissions and enhance forest carbon sinks. A
binding international REDD+ agreement and a larger climate change
agreement will likely be many years in the making. In the meantime,
countries and states or provinces within countries have initiated
their own forest-related emission reduction and offsetting schemes
within the last year.

This brief provides an update on national and international REDD+ and
other forest carbon policies from April 2011 to January 2012 and can
be downloaded from:
http://www.forestcarbonasia.org/fca-publications/rise-and-spread-of-national-and-sub-national-forest-carbon-schemes/

2. Forest Carbon standards grow, mature and link up (Forest Carbon
Asia Brief No. 5. Methods and Standards Updates)

Year 2011 saw existing forest carbon standards across the world launch
new or revised methodologies, contract new projects and issue verified
credits. Given the breadth and scope of issues covered by REDD+, links
between forest carbon standards and other existing standards such as
FSC and commodity roundtables’ standards are being explored and
complementary socio-environmental standards continue to be initiated.

This brief provides an update on these standards from April 2011 to
January 2012 and an updated consolidated comparison table of key
features of all standards relevant to Asia. It can be downloaded from:
http://www.forestcarbonasia.org/fca-publications/forest-carbon-standards-grow-mature-and-link-up/

3. Please visit the following pages for daily updates on Global
policies and Standards relevant for Asia:
http://www.forestcarbonasia.org/fc-updates/global-policies/
http://www.forestcarbonasia.org/fc-updates/standards-verification/#TOC5

4. Consolidated update briefs on policies and standards will be
available every two months. If you wish to obtain Forest Carbon Asia
update briefs via email, kindly sign up at in...@forestcarbonasia.org
with “Policy Updates” or “Standards Updates” in the subject line.

Best regards,
Unna Chokkalingam & S. Anuradha Vanniarachchy
Mobile Lao PDR: +856 20 55504866
Mobile Japan: +81 80 42586406
Email: unn...@forestcarbonasia.org
Email: anura...@forestcarbonasia.org
Website: www.forestcarbonasia.org