12 May 2010 | The Copenhagen Accord has unleashed millions in financial support for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD), but it also signaled more waiting before a global reduction agreement is reached.  Money spent wisely now could yield a more effective REDD regime once that wait is over – and this new report outlines six ways to make sure it’s done right.

Industrial logging, tree farming, and clear-cutting have altered some of North America’s most prized forests.  Oregon’s Ecotrust aims to reverse that trend by harvesting trees more selectively and using carbon credits to make up for lost income.  In the process, they’re testing the limits of new tools that California has developed to keep the system honest.