July 2009

Carbon Cap and Trade - green gambling?

Forests / Waelder: Handel (-Zertifikaten), trading, Klimawandel, Klimaänderung, Climate change, Carbon, Kohlenstoff

You've heard of credit default swaps and subprime mortgages. Are carbon default swaps and subprime offsets next? If the Waxman-Markey climate bill is signed into law, it will generate, almost as an afterthought, a new market for carbon derivatives. That market will be vast, complicated, and dauntingly difficult to monitor. And if Washington doesn't get the rules right, it will be vulnerable to speculation and manipulation by the very same players who brought us the financial meltdown.

Ökologisch produziertes Palmöl kauft niemand...

Forests / Waelder: REDD+, Land use change, Landnutzungsänderung, LULUCF

Margarine, Kosmetika, Putzmittel, Eis und eine Beimischung in Biotreibstoff: Palmöl ist vielfältig einsetzbar und mittlerweile fixer Bestandteil im Alltag. Obwohl die Preise für Palmöl im vergangenen Jahr gefallen waren, läuft das Geschäft mit Palmöl. Weltweit werden jährlich mehr als 43 Millionen Tonnen Palmöl produziert.

Ecological produced palm oil - nobody want's to buy...

Forests / Waelder: REDD+, Land use change, Landnutzungsänderung, LULUCF

Article series

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- European consumer groups and nongovernmental organizations have said they want environmentally friendly palm oil. Malaysian producers of palm oil that have made the switch are discovering that it is still a hard sell.

China stimulus plans to push global Pulp&Paper?

Forest products markets / Holzproduktmärkte: Papier- und Zellstoffindustrie, Pulp, Zellstoff, Paper, Papier, Pulp- and Paperindustry

 

LONDON, Jul. 23, 2009 (RISI) - Recent weeks have seen the first signs of a hoped-for trickle down effect on the pulp and paper industry from China's massive economic stimulus package.

 

 

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A profitable rainforest!(?)

Forests / Waelder: Deforestation, Climate change, Biodiversität, Biodiversity, Ökosystemleistungen, Ecosystem services, Abgeltung von Ökosystemleistungen, PES

Countries / Laender

A MOST unusual document landed on your correspondent’s desk recently: a financial report from a rainforest. Iwokrama, a 370,000-hectare rainforest in central Guyana, announced that it was in profit. It added, more intriguingly, that rainforests had entered the “global economy”.

External Reference/Copyright
Issue date: 
May 18, 2009
Publisher-Link: 
http://www.economist.com
Reference-Link: 

http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1...

Waxman-Markey: How US lobbying works

Forests / Waelder: Klimawandel, Klimaänderung, Climate change

 

July 14, 2009: The landmark American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 that narrowly passed through Congress on June 26 has come under fire by environmental critics who see the pared down measure as too little, too late. Originally proposed by Reps. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Edward Markey (D-MA), the bill went through the wringer on the Hill, coming out with a number of amendments and omissions.

European Paper & Board consumption minus in 1Q 09

Forest products markets / Holzproduktmärkte: Northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK), Papier- und Zellstoffindustrie, Pulp, Zellstoff, Pulp- and Paperindustry

Paper and board deliveries by CEPI countries were 21.7 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2009 as demand continues to be affected by the economic situation

Consumption and trade in paper and board contracted further during the first quarter of 2009 as the global economic downturn continued to affect the industry. Consumption was at its lowest quarterly level since 2003 and total exports fell below 3 million tonnes in a quarter for the first time since this report was introduced.

Higher pulp prices in July 2009

Forest products markets / Holzproduktmärkte: Northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK), Papier- und Zellstoffindustrie, Pulp, Zellstoff, Pulp- and Paperindustry

29.6.2009: For the second consecutive month, pulp producers are taking advantage of tighter supply conditions, if not better demand, and are seeking price hikes worldwide. For July, increases have been announced for softwood and hardwoods for North America, Europe and China/Asia. The hikes are generally $20-$30/tonne, but a $20-$40 increases for North American NBSK would put the list at $700.

Huge drop in Amazon Forest Fires in 2008

Forests / Waelder: Deforestation, Abholzung, Biodiversität, Biodiversity, forest fire, Land use change, Landnutzungsänderung, Waldbrand

New NASA research shows a sharp decline in the amount of smoke over the Amazon during the 2008 burning season, coinciding with a drop in deforestation reported last week by Carlos Minc, Brazil's Environment Minister.

Pulp&Paper investments to accelerate anew in China

Forest products markets / Holzproduktmärkte: Papier- und Zellstoffindustrie, Pulp- and Paperindustry

I have recently been talking to several suppliers and producers in the pulp and paper industry in Asia, and the good news is that it looks as if the Chinese pulp and paper market is on a fast expansion track again. There are new projects, big and small, signed or under discussion again in the recent months, after a quiet period since late last year.

Historical background of REDD

Forests / Waelder: Deforestation, REDD+, Abholzung, Klimawandel, Klimaänderung, Climate change

Article series

June 29, 2009: A New Idea to Save Tropical Forests Takes Flight and then in 2005, a small group of countries changed everything. Papua New Guinea teamed up with Costa Rica and a handful of other countries to make a formal plea to the United Nations.

External Reference/Copyright
Issue date: 
Jun 29, 2009
Publisher-Link: 
news.mongabay.com
Author: 
John O. Niles
Reference-Link: 

http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0629-niles_new_idea_to_save_forests.html

World Bank approves first REDD r-Plans

Forests / Waelder: trading, REDD+, Kohlenstoff

June 30, 2009: The World Bank has approved the readiness plans (R-Plans) for Guyana and Panama, opening the way for both countries to tap grants of up to US$3.6 million for preserving their forests.