 multitude
of problems face our planet. More people live in poverty
now than at any other time in history. Rising greenhouse
gas emissions pose a dangerous experiment for our atmosphere
and threaten human and natural communities. The diversity
of life on Earth is dwindling as native habitats are converted
for human use. These environmental and social challenges
cannot be solved in isolation. Designing resilient actions
that address multiple global problems simultaneously is
a pressing challenge for humans in the 21st century.
Given the magnitude of these problems, is there anything
we can do? A new global alliance thinks there is.
The Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA)
is a partnership between leading companies, NGOs and research
institutes seeking to promote integrated solutions to land
management around the world. With this goal in mind, the
CCBA has developed voluntary standards to help design and identify land management activities that simultaneously minimize climate change, support sustainable development and conserve biodiversity.
BREAKING NEWS
Comments invited on
draft REDD+ Social & Environmental
Standards for second public comment period until 15 March
2010 (January 2010)
A new global social and environmental standard
for REDD+ programs (Dec 2009)
CCB
to Introduce New Forestry Standard Reported in Ecosystem
Marketplace (Nov 2009)
REDD Project Financial Feasibility Tool Now Available (September
2009)
The Conservation Fund Achieves Gold with Red River Restoration
Initiative - Shreveporttimes.com (August 2009)
Duck Habitat Breeds Carbon Offsets - ClimateBiz (August
2009)
First REDD project validated in Australia - The Australian,
Mongabay.org (August 2009)
Winners
of Three Climate Grants Announced to support development
of CCB certified projects (May 2009)
The
Forest Carbon Offsetting Survey 2009 demonstrates strong
market interest in the social and biodiversity benefits
of forest carbon (April 2009)
Launch
of Forest Carbon Standards in New Languages Reaches
Key Audiences (April 2009)
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