Meet Plan Vivo at Carbon Forum Asia, 2nd-3rd November 2011, Singapore

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Alexa Morrison from the Plan Vivo Foundation will be participating in the following session at Carbon Forum Asia in Singapore on the 2nd November, Asia Pacific’s leading annual Trade Fair & Conference for Climate and Carbon Finance.

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30th June 2011 | Plan Vivo Million Tonnes Celebration, London

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The Plan Vivo Foundation is very pleased to announce the issuance of the one millionth Plan Vivo Certificate.

This means that plan vivos (land management plans drawn up by rural smallholders and community groups) have been implemented to collectively sequester or reduce over 1,000,000 tonnes of CO₂.

This milestone helps to demonstrate that rural communities can participate in the voluntary carbon market, reach scale and generate verifiable carbon benefits. The Plan Vivo System is working for thousands of smallholders and forest-user groups in developing countries, channelling carbon finance effectively to the rural poor.

The Plan Vivo Foundation would like to take this milestone as an opportunity to recognise the input and commitment of all Plan Vivo stakeholders for collectively bringing us to this landmark.

Plan Vivo stakeholders are celebrating this event with a gathering, hosted by the Markit Environmental Registry, in London on the 30th June. If you would like to attend, please contact Elaine Muir: Elaine@planvivofoundation.org

Event details:

When: 30th June, 4.30pm – 7pm

Where: Markit, Level 4 Ropemaker Place, 25 Ropemaker Street, London, EC2Y 9LY

What: Q&A Panel with key Plan Vivo stakeholders, followed by a drinks and canapés reception

Who: Plan Vivo stakeholders, organisations and individuals with an interest in pro-poor, community carbon

The event is hosted by the Markit Environmental Registry, and sponsored by U&W, Tetrapak and the FIA Foundation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Forestry, Biomass and Sustainability Conference 2011

12-13th May | Dexter House, Royal Mint Court, London EC3

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The Plan Vivo Foundation  is participating in the 2nd Annual Forestry, Biomass & Sustainability conference. The conference will provide updates on – and analysis of – developments in policy, economics and financing of biomass and forestry projects.

The Foundation is participating in the panel, ‘Forests and Biodiversity’, taking place on Friday 13th at 3.45pm.

If you would like to organise a meeting with the Plan Vivo Foundation please email Alexa Morrison: Alexa@planvivofoundation.org

For more information about the conference visit: http://www.environmental-finance.com/events/view/27

 

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Plan Vivo at the Asia REDD+ Working Group meeting, New Delhi | 31st Jan 2011

From the 31st January to 2nd February 2011, the Plan Vivo Foundation will be participating in the inaugural meeting of the Asia REDD+ Working Group in New Delhi.

This meeting is hosted by Community Forestry International and TERI with support from the Ford Foundation, the Royal Norwegian Embassy and DFID.

The purpose of the meeting is to gather together representatives from REDD projects, including the Plan Vivo project under development in Nepal, in order to create a regional overview of emerging learning and experience, and discuss certification routes, financing opportunities, methods for securing community rihts and involvement, and  methodological development for quantifying carbon services.

To read about how the Plan Vivo System is already being used to support REDD+ development, click here.

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“Mexico’s experience in promoting community forest enterprises”

Sunday 5th December 2010

Elsa Esquivel of Ambio, the coordinator of the Scolel Te Plan Vivo programme, will be speaking atthe following event at Forest Day 4 in Cancun, hosted by CIFOR:

Moderator
David Bray, Professor, Department of Earth and Environment, Florida International University
Keynote address
Leticia Merino, Professor, Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Panellists

• Juan Manuel Torres Rojo, Director General, CONAFOR
• Elsa Esquivel Bazan, Coordinator for REDD Pilot Project, El Ocote AMBIO, Mexico
• Carlos Marcelo Pérez González, Coordinador Técnico de Servicios Ambientales de Oaxaca (SAO AC)
• Alfonso Argüelles. Asesor del Ejido de Noh Bec, Quintana Roo

16.45-17.45
Forest Day 4 venue
Sunday 5th December
Cancun Center, Conventions and Exhibitions
Boulevard Kukulcan KM. 9 1er Piso
Zona Hotelera

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Participate in the development of Plan Vivo on 5th November, Edinburgh

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Where: John McIntryre Conference Centre
Pollock Halls, Edinburgh University, Holyrood Park Road (off Dalkeith Road)
Edinburgh, Scotland, EH16 5BQ

When: 9.30am – 5.30pm | 5th November

Stakeholder input, particularly from
the grassroots level, is essential to the development of Plan Vivo as an integrated, practical framework.

The aim of this meeting is to bring stakeholders together to discuss the development of the Plan Vivo
System and Standard, and continued scaling-up of Plan Vivo activities.

Discussion will focus around topics including: marketing and funding models for community carbon
projects; how Plan Vivo should develop for REDD+; and the monitoring and valuation of non-carbon
impacts such as livelihood improvement, biodiversity and watershed services.

This is a free event, but spaces are limited. If you would like to attend, please email Alexa Morrison. alexa@planvivofoundation.org

For more details about the meeting please click here.

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Plan Vivo at the Carbon Show | 4-5th October 2010

From Monday 4th October to Tuesday 5th October, the Plan Vivo Foundation will be at the Carbon Show. Visit our exhibition space in the carbon pavilion to speak to our staff and learn about Plan Vivo community offset projects.

Details about the Carbon Show can be accessed here: http://www.thecarbonshow.com/

The Plan Vivo Foundation is also presenting in the Monday afternoon session on credible offsetting (3pm – Seminar room H)

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Plan Vivo at the Commonwelath Forestry Conference | 28th June – 1st July 2010

From Monday 28th June – Thursday 1st July, the Plan Vivo Foundation will be at the Commonwealth Forestry Conference in Edinburgh. The event brings together key actors in forestry from Commonwelath countries. Conference discussions will include:

• Financing opportunities and needs for forestry
• The development of REDD+
• Engaging communities in forestry activities

The Plan Vivo team will be present at the conference and have a stand in the Strathblane Hall. Come and visit our stand to find out about Plan Vivo projects and development with the Plan Vivo Standard and System.

The Plan Vivo Foundation, and representatives from Plan Vivo projects in Mozambique and Uganda, will be speaking about Plan Vivo at the Rework the World conference, which takes place in Sweden, 2-5th June. The event will focus on 100 initiatives from around the world, which could “provide the jobs of tomorrow and help build a more socially, financially and ecologically sustainable world”.

You can come and talk to the Plan Vivo Foundation at our stall at the Human Rights and Climate Challenge Conference Marketplace, which will take place on Monday 23 November 2009 at the Glasgow Science Centre. For more details about the event visit the Scottish Human Rights Commission website.