News & announcements

ForestFinance sets up sustainable forestry training in Vietnam
May 7
A training institute in sustainable and certified carbon forestry is being set up by Germany's ForestFinance in Vietnam’s Quang Tri province.
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Media Coverage: IFCA pushes for clarity on accounting of forest carbon credits
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Job Vacancy: Managing Dir, forest carbon project developer
April 28
Plus, East Africa forest position
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Forest tCER issuance the first in a 2012 rush
Apr 20
The first ever issuance of UN CDM forestry carbon credits took place this week, a move that will be the first in string of such issuances between now and the end of 2012.
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IFCA Update, March 2012
Mar 20
Web version of IFCA e-newsletter;offsets accounting, REDD+ Partnership, jobs, forest carbon news.
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Investors sought for landmark REDD project
Mar 19
South Pole Carbon is seeking upfront investment for one of the world’s largest REDD projects yet, covering one million ha. in Zimbabwe.
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EU move to bring forest carbon in from the cold
Mar 15
There is good news for forest carbon sector in this week’s EU move to include land-use changes in greenhouse emissions accounting rules.

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REDD+ Partnership focuses on financing
Mar 8
Financing global REDD+, streamlining bureaucracy, improving comms and spreading benefits to all were the challenges identified at a two-day meeting in London.
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Carbon markets

Market Overview - REDD
Momentum is building for global REDD+ and whilst public funding to the cause is vital and welcome, the huge potential of private capital to preserve and restore  forests must be harnessed...
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Market Overview - IFM
Improved Forest Management is a new forestry activity in the voluntary carbon market, with first project methodologies approved in 2011...
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Market Overview - A/R

Afforestation & reforestation is the oldest forest carbon market activity, starting in 2003 under the UN CDM to foster climate forestation projects by the private sector...
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Carbon Prices

Market Snapshot Price Wkly Chg
CER Dec 12 €3.67 +0.07
EUA Dec 12 €6.84 +0.14
CCA Dec 12 $14.75 +0.90
NZU Spot $NZ6.20 -0.45
VCU REDD €6.80 0.00
CarbonFix VER €9.00 -
Details   Close 11 May