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The Brazilian Amazon is burning. Yet again
A more dramatic illustration of the failure of REDD is difficult to imagine.
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In 2023 the world’s forests stopped acting as a carbon sink
“We cannot count on ecosystems to bail us out in the future.”
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Amazon rainforest: Deforestation, drought, and fire are affecting the monsoon and leading to a dangerous tipping point
REDD proponents continue to push the false solution of storing carbon in trees - and trading that carbon against continued emissions from burning fossil…
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Addressing the Amazon tipping point is more urgent than ever. REDD is not working. The worst thing we could do is trade the carbon stored in…
The Amazon rainforest is rapidly approaching a tipping point. As deforestation increases the rainforest is in places already changing towards a drier…
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The Brazilian Amazon is a carbon source not a sink
A new study in Nature Climate Change used satellite monitoring to measure carbon storage in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest between 2010 to 2019.
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Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon this year reached the highest rate since 2008
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest increased this year to its highest rate since 2008, according to data released this week by Brazil’s…
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Guest Post: The Amazon fires mark the end of REDD+
By Lauren Gifford, Human-Environment Geographer, Colorado State University.
Climate breakdown: Forests and soils are reaching the limit of CO₂ absorption
Every year, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increases.
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Tropical forests are a carbon source not a sink. What does this mean for REDD?
Tropical forests release more carbon each year than all the traffic in the United States.
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Climate tipping point? The Amazon faces intense droughts and fires again this year
According to NASA, the Amazon is drier at the start of this year’s dry season than any year since 2002.
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REDD myth no. 3: To address climate change we have to reduce emissions from deforestation
“We have to reduce emissions from deforestation if we’re to prevent catastrophic climate change,” WWF argues on its website. At a first glance, it seems…
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The Amazon is losing its capacity to absorb carbon. Or, why we can’t rely on forests to solve climate change
A paper published this week in Nature concludes that the Amazon is losing its capacity to absorb carbon.
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