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For Immediate Release        Friday 5 December

Joint release: Global Forest Coalition, The Wilderness Society and Global
Justice Ecology Project

UN Climate Deal Could Pay for Forest Destruction
Carbon Karma Fortune-telling Action Foretells REDD Profits

Poznan, Poland–<http://www.globalforestcoalition.org>Global Forest
Coalition, <http://www.wilderness.org.au/>The Wilderness Society,
<http://www.globaljusticeecology.org>Global Justice Ecology Project and
concerned youth highlighted the risks associated with the implementation of
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) in a
“REDD fortune-telling” action today at the UN Climate conference here.  In
its current form, they argue, REDD could derail the Climate Convention and
undermine a post-2012 Climate agreement.

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So-REDD is being marketed heavily in Posnan-where Indigenous Peoples’ are largely locked out (again)…aren’t these climate parties a regular hoot?

ASW

In concept, forests can be used for carbon offset programs. However,
at the same time, getting from concept to policy and practice is
another matter, involving “difficult” choices, as a report to be
released today from climate and forest scientists makes clear.
Lance
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“But there are a range of complex issues facing the talks, such as:
the appropriate scale for implementing REDD projects; how to
incorporate forest degradation (as opposed to simply deforestation)
as part of the agreement; whether or not technology is sufficiently
advanced to measure and monitor forest-based carbon; how to guarantee
that forests conserved for carbon are not subsequently lost; and how
to ensure that the rights of forest-dwelling communities are
recognized and respected.”
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NEWS RELEASE
Center for International Forestry Research
Public release date: 5-Dec-2008

Contact: Jeff Haskins
jhaskins@burnesscommunications.com
48-510-853-540

Megan Dold
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44-79-1754-4966

Report offers options for negotiators seeking to craft critical
accord on forests and climate change

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Published on Thursday, December 4, 2008 by Inter Press Service

by Haider Rizvi

UNITED NATIONS – Global efforts to combat climate change will lead nowhere as long as the indigenous peoples’ representatives have no say in discussions to lay out future plans, say activists who are attending the international conference on climate change being held in the Polish city of Poznan this week.

“Indigenous peoples have for centuries adapted to changing environments and would be able to contribute substantially to adaptation strategies the U.N. is trying to include in a new climate change treaty,” said Mark Lattimer of the London-based Minority Rights Group International (MRG).

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——————Original Message —————————-
Subject: URGENT Support Needed: Navajo & Hopi Coal Fight Goes to DENVER!!!
From:    “Enei Begaye” <enei_begaye@yahoo.com>
Date:    Wed, December 3, 2008 5:29 pm
To:      blackmesawc@gmail.com
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**** SUPPORT URGENTLY NEEDED! ****

Navajo and Hopi communities under threat for more coal mining on Black Mesa, Arizona

The U.S. Office of Surface Mining (OSM) will soon release a “Record of Decision” on the “Black Mesa Project” Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). This decision will determine if the now closed Black Mesa Mine will re-open more lands for coal strip mining, potentially relocate more families from Black Mesa and give Peabody Coal Company a Life-of-Mine permit to mine on Black Mesa. A “Record of Decision” in favor of Peabody Coal Company’s “Black Mesa Project” would also allow the company the use of the Navajo Aquifer, which has been a center of controversy for the past 30 years and give Peabody Coal Company the right to mine untouched coal reserves indefinitely. For more information on the OSM process & the FEIS at:

http:// www.wrcc.osmre.gov/wr\BlackMesaEIS.htm

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