REDD (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) is based on a simple idea: pay developing countries to reduce CO2 emissions from the forest sector. Nevertheless, design and implementation of a REDD system raise many hard questions: How are emissions reductions monitored, reported and verified? How should REDD be financed? Should payments be directed to countries, projects, o…
The ‘Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil’ (RSPO) is an initiative established by businesses involved in the production, processing and retail of palm oil in collaboration with major environmental NGOs, notably WWF. Key members include Malaysian and Indonesian palm oil companies and European processing and retailing companies. Two ‘social NGOs’ have also joined the executive board of t…