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Petre Williams-Raynor
Petre Williams-Raynor is the Environment editor/Editor, Career & Education at the Jamaica Observer newspaper. She has nine years experience in journalism and is the holder of a master’s degree in Sociology from the University of the West Indies, Mona.
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Carbon, REDD Markets Set to Explode
No commentsThe carbon market, which was valued at US$11 billion in 2005, is currently up to US$125 billion.
»Jamaica’s Forestry Dept. Intrigued by REDD
No commentsJamaica’s Forestry Department has cautiously supported the inking of a deal on the use of forests to help curtail the effects of climate change, which threatens the survival of many island nations.
»Forest Peoples: “No Rights, No Redd”
No commentsThe participation of local people and a recognition of their right to the commercial use of forest lands is critical to the successful application of any global deal on forests and climate change, says a leading expert on community forests.
»Jamaica Hunts For Money At WFC
No commentsIdentifying potential sources of funding to finance the work of the Forestry Department in Jamaica is high on the list of priorities for the island’s conservator of forests, Marilyn Headley, who is in Argentina for the 13th World Forestry Congress.
»Indigenous Peoples’ Rep Resigns In Protest at WFC
No commentsThe leading representative of indigenous peoples at the World Forestry Congress has resigned from his position, in protest against what he considers to be the meeting’s bias towards government and big business.
»World Forestry Congress Opens in Argentina
No commentsThe value of forests to the global effort to stymie the fallout from climate change is among the range of issues to be discussed over the next five days at the 13th World Forestry Congress, which opened in Buenos Aires on Sunday.
»Caribbean tourist trade counts the cost of climate change
No commentsHurricanes and rising sea levels are threatening Caribbean tourism. So how will the region’s most important industry safeguard its future?
»US wants developing countries to cut emissions
No commentsThe United States (US) on Monday stuck to its guns insisting that developing countries, among them Jamaica and other Caribbean states, also need to be liable to cut their green house gas (GHG) emissions.
»Vulnerable countries claim one victory in Bali
No commentsMonday night heralded one victory for the world’s most vulnerable countries as they secured a decision to have a new body oversee the longed for Adaptation Fund, which is to help finance their adjustment to a changing climate.
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