UNFCCC CoP 21 through the lens of Tanzanian rain forest conservation

by Nike Doggart, Technical Advisor, Tanzania Forest Conservation Group

Tanzania’s Community Forestry Network wins the prestigious Equator Prize 2015

8th December 2015

At a prize-giving ceremony held in Paris last night, the Community Forestry Network of Tanzania, better known by its Swahili acronym MJUMITA, was awarded with the prestigious Equator Prize 2015 in the category of Forests. […]

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UNFCCC CoP 21 through the lens of Tanzanian rain forest conservation

by Nike Doggart, Technical Advisor, Tanzania Forest Conservation Group

Forests play a critical role in addressing climate change

4th December 2015

‘Conserving forests is essential for climate change mitigation and adaptation,’ is a message that I have heard repeatedly at CoP 21. We need to halt emissions of greenhouse gases from deforestation; and we need protect forests […]

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UNFCCC CoP 21 through the lens of Tanzanian rain forest conservation

by Nike Doggart, Technical Advisor, Tanzania Forest Conservation Group

147 countries pledge to commit the planet to disastrous climate change…

2nd December 2015

The big question.

Will humanity reduce emissions of greenhouse gases to within a level that will avoid disastrous climate change, according to the best available scientific research?

The answer presented yesterday:  no.

Yesterday evening, the UNFCCC presented the […]

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