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January 2013

  • Issue date: 
    29 January 2013

    ‘Carbon credit rules for forestry projects should be made simpler’

    The carbon credit rules for forestry projects should be made simpler, said the director general of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) Dr VK Bahuguna while chairing the surveillance audit of ICFRE-Designated Operational Entity (DOE) in Dehradun on Monday.

  • Issue date: 
    24 January 2013

    Forests' Protection Needs Community Support

  • Issue date: 
    Jan. 24, 2013

    First-Ever, REDD+ Project in the State of Acre, Brazil to Achieve Dual VCS-CCBS Validation

  • Issue date: 
    January 21, 2013

    Brazilian Government wants to implement national REDD+ mechanism this year

    The Brazilian Ministry for the Environment announced that a national mechanism to regulate Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) must be implemented in 2013.

  • Issue date: 
    22 January 2013

    How Two Different Studies Found Consensus On Emissions From Tropical Deforestation

    In order for the United Nations to achieve its goal of reducing carbon emissions from tropical deforestation by 50% between now and 2020, they have to know the amount of emissions that is currently caused by destroying tropical forests.

  • Issue date: 
    20 January 2013

    Ecuador treads fine line in preserving Amazon reserve

    Ecuador's plan to refrain from drilling for oil in its rainforests in return for money remains controversial. Critics have questioned the tangible benefits of the project for the forest and its residents.

  • Issue date: 
    20 January 2013

    Can oil save the rainforest?

    American biologist Kelly Swing thwacks a bush with his butterfly net and a dozen or so bugs and insects drop in.

  • Issue date: 
    Decemer 2, 2012

    “Come out of the forest” to save the trees

    Forestry experts have called for a new approach to managing land and tackling climate change – challenging the ongoing debate that forests have to be sacrificed for the sake of rural development and food security.

  • Issue date: 
    January 10th, 2013

    100 Mile House timber supply review underway

    The British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations is inviting public review and comment until March 9, 2013, on a public discussion paper released today as part of a comprehensive timber supply review of the 100 Mile House timber sup

  • Issue date: 
    30 November 2012

    Indigenous Leaders Embrace REDD, With Or Without Carbon Markets

    More than a dozen indigenous leaders from across the Amazon endorsed efforts to save endangered rainforest using financial mechanisms that reward good land stewardship and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest d

  • Issue date: 
    January 3, 2013

    Amerindians will comply with forest rules – TAAMOG

    The Amerindian Action Movement of Guyana (TAAMOG) has hailed Guyana’s receipt of the US$45 million for climate services provided by Norway, while noting that Amerindian communities are following guidelines for sustainable forest management.  In a re

  • Issue date: 
    7 January 2013

    Impacts of biofuel cultivation on mortality and crop yields

    Fighting climate change by producing more biofuels could actually worsen a little-known type of air

  • Issue date: 
    January 14, 2013

    Mixed forests: A missed opportunity?

    Forestry and nature conservation can benefit from promoting a diversity of tree species, new study finds. Modern forestry is largely based on monocultures—in Sweden usually pine or spruce—mainly because it is considered more rational.

  • Issue date: 
    01/15/2013

    Individuals Can Buy And Trade Carbon Credits, Just Like Corporations Can

    One of the little-known facts about cap-and-trade is that individuals are allowed to buy and trade carbon credits just like corporations can.



by Dr. Radut