Forest Carbon Portal: Specialists from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) reported that Latin America accounts for "65 percent of the net loss of forests in the world", which continues despite isolated cases of success. Representatives from CIFOR, various NGOs, the Swiss Government and the Mexican National Forestry Commission (Conafor) are meeting from 31 August to 3 September in Oaxaca, southern Mexico, to discuss what mechanisms may be proposed in next Conference of the Parties to the …