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Ecuadorian indigenous community takes forest conservation into own hands
By Chris MeyerThe Shuar community is an indigenous group in the Ecuador Amazon Rainforest that is fiercely independent and has successfully kept mining and petroleum exploration off of its lands. In...
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Indigenous peoples' informed voices critical in Cancún
By Chris MeyerOne of the biggest issues expected to be addressed in the U.N. climate summit that started Monday in Cancún, Mexico is Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation...
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Indigenous peoples march for rights in Cancún, not against reducing...
By Chris MeyerCORRECTION: A previous version of this post mentioned the indigenous peoples’ march was not in rejection of carbon markets, however the press release issued by the group does have...
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People, plots and pixels: both high- and low-tech skills needed to measure...
By Chris MeyerThis post was originally featured on the World Bank's Development in a Changing Climate blog. If you are in a forest in Ecuador and see indigenous communities standing with an android...
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Surinamese government, indigenous groups and NGOs join together to protect...
By Chris MeyerAs EDF’s Amazon Basin Project coordinator, I spend much of my time working in Latin America with our non-governmental allies to discuss REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and...
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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and EDF partner to show on-the-ground...
By Chris Meyeren español | This blog was co-authored by Environmental Defense Fund’s Amazon Basin Project Coordinator Chris Meyer and McGill University professor and Smithsonian Tropical Research...
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REDD+ finance, indigenous rights protections move forward in 2012 with boost...
By Chris MeyerThis is a joint post by Gus Silva-Chávez, EDF's Climate & Forests specialist and REDD+ project manager, and Chris Meyer, who coordinates EDF’s REDD+ activities with Indigenous...
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EDF selected as representative to UN-REDD Program Policy Board
By Chris MeyerA child from the Sao Felix community in the Brazilian Amazon. (Photo credit: CIFOR) Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) is very pleased to be the newly selected representative to the UN...
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Workshop for Indigenous Technicians Kicks Off REDD+ Capacity Building
By Chris Meyer Compass – check Fluorescent orange flagging tape – check Woods Hole Research Center’s Forest Carbon Measuring Field Guide – check Garmin GPS 62sc units –check Those were all items that...
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Clarifying the Role of Non-Carbon Benefits in REDD+
By Chris Meyer(This post was written with the help of Sarah Marlay, EDF summer intern and graduate student at Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies) In the face of the growing threat of...
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How measuring trees in Panama is benefitting indigenous groups, forests and...
By Chris MeyerBy Chris Meyer, Outreach Manager, Amazon Basin and Lauren Newton, Program Associate, International Climate Program en español | Indigenous peoples have relied on the rainforests for...
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How one Brazilian state is reducing deforestation while growing its economy
By Chris MeyerBy Chris Meyer, Amazon Basin Outreach Manager; Alisha Staggs, Corporate Partnership Project Manager; and Dana Miller, Terrestrial Carbon Policy Fellow. This post, which originally...
View ArticleExpectations for forests, REDD+ and land use issues at the Lima climate...
By Chris MeyerStarting next week, the UN’s annual climate negotiations are being hosted by Lima, Peru – one of the nine countries that make up the Amazon Rainforest, under the shadow of the murder of...
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A novel approach to reducing deforestation: linking supply chains and REDD+...
By Chris MeyerBy Chris Meyer, Senior Manager, Amazon Forest Policy and Dana Miller, Research Analyst Two tropical forest conservation efforts have gained momentum in recent years: zero deforestation...
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Don’t see REDD+ in the final Paris climate text? Look closer.
By Chris MeyerREDD+ and the land sector are already embedded in the UNFCCC, regardless of whether REDD+ is mentioned in the Paris text. Credit: Abigail's blog. It’s hard to find a group more supportive...
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REDD+ in Paris: Follow the money
By Chris MeyerIn Paris, announcements on REDD+ finance and implementation by governments, companies and indigenous peoples will be as important as negotiations around text. Image: Flickr The biggest...
View ArticleMessage from Paris: REDD+ Keeps Calm and Carries on
By Chris MeyerThe REDD+ negotiators in Paris still have plenty of explicit and implicit references to REDD+ in the text that have a better-than-good chance of surviving this week. While we would like...
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Three cheers for REDD+ and forests in the Paris Climate Agreement
By Chris MeyerBy Chris Meyer, Senior Manager, Amazon Forest Policy and Dana Miller, Research Analyst The Paris Agreement sends a strong signal for the forest protection policy REDD+. Credit:...
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What the Paris Agreement's references to indigenous peoples mean
By Chris MeyerBy: Chris Meyer, Environmental Defense Fund, and Estebancio Castro, Independent Indigenous Leader The Paris Agreement makes five explicit references to indigenous peoples, their rights,...
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Can airlines help reduce deforestation?
By Chris MeyerThe global airline industry could become an ally in combating deforestation, as countries are set to vote at the September 2016 meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization...
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