Carbon Positive: A draft version of a new set of standards to cover the implementation of REDD, or avoided deforestation, programmes has been released by the Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA), a carbon project design standard provider, has released. The CCBA offers the REDD+ Social & Environmental Standards to governments, NGOs, financing agencies and other stakeholders to inform the design of REDD and wider forest carbon projects in regard to indigenous rights, local …