climate change
17 June 2015
June Newsletter
As we all gear up for the end-of-year climate change discussions in Paris, I thought the recent release of the State of the Voluntary Carbon Market report showcased ...
vcs
14 June 2015
Call for Public Input: Projects with long planning periods, negative impacts
VCS strives to ensure that projects registered with the VCS Program meet the highest standards of quality and environmental integrity. To that end, VCS issued a call...
redd+
3 June 2015
REDD Dawn: The Birth Of Forest Carbon
By Steve Zwick Ecosystem Marketplace Governments around the world will have pledged more than $7 billion to support “REDD”, which is an acronym for “Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation” ...
jnr
2 June 2015
Two New JNR Guidance Documents Released and First JNR Program in Acre, Brazil has Documents Open for Public Comment
I wanted to share two exciting pieces of VCS news— the release of a new set of guidance documents for jurisdictional REDD+ programs, and the opening for public consultation ...
forestry
1 June 2015
Chocó-Darién: What Projects Can – And Cannot – Achieve
By: Tanya Dimitrova and Steve Zwick Ecosystem Marketplace Colombia’s civil war had the perverse effect of protecting the forests in and around the...
redd+
1 June 2015
Jurisdictional REDD: Long Deferred, Soon Delivered
By: Steve Zwick, Kelley Hamrick and Christopher Pollon Ecosystem Marketplace Forest-carbon projects are now conserving as much forested land as you’ll find in all of Malaysia. It’s a stunning achievement, but ...
carbon markets
14 April 2015
Doubts Persist About Australia’s Climate Policy Shift Ahead Of First Emissions Reduction Auction
By: Gloria Gonzalez Ecosystem Marketplace Australia drew the ire of the environmental community when it backed away from its carbon pricing program last year and established a nearly AU$2.6 billion ...
methodology
25 March 2015
Program Revision March 2015
We would like to let you know about a few VCS Program updates we are releasing today. The revisions to the VCS program documents are mainly clarifications in response ...
methodology
10 March 2015
VM0007 Methodology Revised to Include REDD+ Activities on Peatlands
Peatlands in tropical countries are a vital carbon sink, representing approximately 12 percent of land area in Southeast Asia. Unfortunately, tropical peat forests are often cleared and drained to ...
climate change
26 February 2015
February Newsletter
We hope that 2015 is off to a good start for all of you. Here at the VCS we have some exciting news to share with you. First, we ...