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Quick Stop on Cancun COP- December 7

Engaged in the start of high level negotiations, parties weeded through text in an effort to save the trees.

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Quick Stop on Cancun COP- December 6

With high level government officials joining discussion in Cancun, today started the beginning of talks moving into the 'ministerial phase.'

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Quick Stop on Cancun COP- December 5

While some negotiations continued at the Moon Palace, CIFOR's fourth annual Forest Day event buzzed with thousands of registered professionals settling on the Cancun Conference center to swap cards, attend workshops and further the politics and technical issues surrounding forests role in combating climate change.

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Quick Stop on Cancun Cop- December 4

Even on a sunny Saturday, negotiation continued on full steam at the Moon Palace. The down low below:

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Quick Stop on Cancun COP- December 3

On Friday, frustrations were running high on specific countries' issues snagging the progress of both REDD+ and LULUCF negotiations.

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Quick Stop on Cancun COP- December 2

On the forestry front this Thursday, LULUCF took center stage as Annex 1 countries, including forest rich Russia, waded through the weeds of carbon accounting.

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Quick Stop on Cancun COP

A daily update on forest carbon finance and ecosystem services in COP 16 served short and sweet.

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Thoughts on the Green Economy

Leading thinkers from around the world gathered in DC for the National Council on Science and the Environment's 'The New Green Economy' conference in late January and Ecosystem Marketplace checked in on progress of UNEP's initiatives on a 'Global Green New Deal'. A global green economy dream team panel spoke on developments in analyzing the value of natural capital and the value of its loss, projecting economic results from 'green stimulus,' and dreaming a new green economy. What would this world look like?

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Party Animals - the International Year of Biodiversity

It might be the Year of the Tiger according to the Chinese calendar, but there are many more creatures to celebrate during the International Year of Biodiversity . Biodiversity was toasted with launch parties in Paris, Berlin, New York City (under a big blue whale in the museum of natural history), London, Beijing, Madrid and Canada (and here).

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U.S. Offers $1 Billion for REDD

This afternoon, cloistered several metro stops away from the chaotic Bella Center, the non-profit Avoided Deforestation Partners hosted a line up panels bursting with big names in the forestry and climate world. Presenters including Thomas Friedman moderating an unexpected mix...

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