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Forest plan hangs in balance amid disputes over financing, social safeguards

Published on 09 Dec 2010
Louis Verchot, CIFOR's principal climate Change Scientist comments on REDD standard mechanism where it was touted as one of the biggest potential deals at Cancun. Some countries want to weaken requirements that forest communities give full, informed consent to REDD programs, arguing that such strict standards may be hard to meet, said Louis Verchot of the Center for International Forestry Research.
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