Forest-related policy issues have become ever more complex, multifaceted and are both an outcome of several underlying causes and driving forces, and subject to influences of several policy sectors. EFI Proceedings 58 compile the presentations of the international workshop "Forest Policy and Economics in Support of Good Governance" organised in April 2009 in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Countries That Spurn Climate Remedies Face Barriers on Trade, Stern Says
Bloomberg
... carbon capture and deforestation. He estimates the world needs to target an emissions level of two metric tons per capita compared...
By Kurtis Alexander, Santa Cruz Sentinel, 30 August 2010 | PG&E is handing over tens of thousands of dollars to the nonprofit Sempervirens Fund to protect a 425-acre stand of redwoods once slated for logging deep in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The deal, expected to be completed next month, is part of the utility's efforts to combat greenhouse gas emissions, in this case safeguarding trees for carbon absorption, and is helping to drive a new marketplace where people and business are...
By Kurtis Alexander, Santa Cruz Sentinel, 30 August 2010 | PG&E is handing over tens of thousands of dollars to the nonprofit Sempervirens Fund to protect a 425-acre stand of redwoods once slated for logging deep in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The deal, expected to be completed next month, is part of the utility's efforts to combat greenhouse gas emissions, in this case safeguarding trees for carbon absorption, and is helping to drive a new marketplace where people and business are...
By Kurtis Alexander, Santa Cruz Sentinel, 30 August 2010 | PG&E is handing over tens of thousands of dollars to the nonprofit Sempervirens Fund to protect a 425-acre stand of redwoods once slated for logging deep in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The deal, expected to be completed next month, is part of the utility's efforts to combat greenhouse gas emissions, in this case safeguarding trees for carbon absorption, and is helping to drive a new marketplace where people and business are...
istockanalyst.com, 31 August 2010 | Sempervirens Fund and Pacific Gas and Electric's, or PG&E's, ClimateSmart program have announced that a joint effort to sequester greenhouse gas emissions by preserving a redwood forest in the Santa Cruz Mountains has received an independent verification of its carbon offsets. By managing redwood growth and preventing future logging, the Lompico Forest Carbon Project will preserve 425 acres of redwood trees for the next 100 years. The...
istockanalyst.com, 31 August 2010 | Sempervirens Fund and Pacific Gas and Electric's, or PG&E's, ClimateSmart program have announced that a joint effort to sequester greenhouse gas emissions by preserving a redwood forest in the Santa Cruz Mountains has received an independent verification of its carbon offsets. By managing redwood growth and preventing future logging, the Lompico Forest Carbon Project will preserve 425 acres of redwood trees for the next 100 years. The...
istockanalyst.com, 31 August 2010 | Sempervirens Fund and Pacific Gas and Electric's, or PG&E's, ClimateSmart program have announced that a joint effort to sequester greenhouse gas emissions by preserving a redwood forest in the Santa Cruz Mountains has received an independent verification of its carbon offsets. By managing redwood growth and preventing future logging, the Lompico Forest Carbon Project will preserve 425 acres of redwood trees for the next 100 years. The...
carbonpositive.net, 31 August 2010 | Pakistan’s horrendous floods were a disaster waiting to happen, when the destructive effects of intense - but not unprecedented - rains were magnified by a deforested landscape and huge stockpiles of illegally-felled logs. Deforestation and other actions of the country’s ‘timber mafia’ were ticking time bombs detonated by monsoon rains, it is argued in a feature article in the Herald Scotland: ... “But this month the mud and water deluge cascaded off the...
carbonpositive.net, 31 August 2010 | Pakistan’s horrendous floods were a disaster waiting to happen, when the destructive effects of intense - but not unprecedented - rains were magnified by a deforested landscape and huge stockpiles of illegally-felled logs. Deforestation and other actions of the country’s ‘timber mafia’ were ticking time bombs detonated by monsoon rains, it is argued in a feature article in the Herald Scotland: ... “But this month the mud and water deluge cascaded off the...
carbonpositive.net, 31 August 2010 | Pakistan’s horrendous floods were a disaster waiting to happen, when the destructive effects of intense - but not unprecedented - rains were magnified by a deforested landscape and huge stockpiles of illegally-felled logs. Deforestation and other actions of the country’s ‘timber mafia’ were ticking time bombs detonated by monsoon rains, it is argued in a feature article in the Herald Scotland: ... “But this month the mud and water deluge cascaded off the...
MAF reckons its roadshow got the message across
Radio New Zealand
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry says its three-week roadshow aimed at talking to people in forestry about the Government's scheme to reduce carbon ...
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Climate Connections, 31 August 2010 | The following article, though one week old, is very important, as it is the first REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) project to be approved through the “Voluntary Carbon Standard Program”. It allows the privatization of forests in Indonesia for use as carbon offsets by Shell and Gazprom–enabling them to continue polluting. This project could also signal the future of REDD, with forest carbon offset projects brought online through...
Climate Connections, 31 August 2010 | The following article, though one week old, is very important, as it is the first REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) project to be approved through the “Voluntary Carbon Standard Program”. It allows the privatization of forests in Indonesia for use as carbon offsets by Shell and Gazprom–enabling them to continue polluting. This project could also signal the future of REDD, with forest carbon offset projects brought online through...
Climate Connections, 31 August 2010 | The following article, though one week old, is very important, as it is the first REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) project to be approved through the “Voluntary Carbon Standard Program”. It allows the privatization of forests in Indonesia for use as carbon offsets by Shell and Gazprom–enabling them to continue polluting. This project could also signal the future of REDD, with forest carbon offset projects brought online through...
MONTREAL, Aug. 31 /CNW Telbec/ - Boralex Inc. ("Boralex" or "Corporation") has filed a preliminary short form prospectus with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of Canada in connection with its previously announced bought deal offering of $95
Ongoing wet good for tree planting
Gisborne Herald
Funding is available under the ECFP for planting poles, for reversion and for afforestation work. Grants are also still available in Hawke's Bay for soil ...
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GreenSpace to answer ecological questions
Newspapers and Technology
This year, for the second time, Graph Expo will feature the GreenSpace pavilion, sponsored by Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc. SFI promotes sustainable ...
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A New Standard for Cattle Farms Promotes Sustainable Production
CSRwire.com (press release)
This initiative is expected to help mitigate many of the problems associated with cattle production, including deforestation, greenhouse gas ...
Forest fires take toll on Portugal CO2 emissions
ENDS Europe (subscription)
Total greenhouse gas emissions for 2008 were 78.38Mt, 3% over Portugal's Kyoto ceiling of 1990 levels +27%. But land use and forestry (LULUCF) abated ...
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