UK announces certification standard for forest carbon storage projects The UK government has announced new scheme to assess the carbon captured and stored by forest projects initiated for carbon sequestration.
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Government approves carbon accreditation schemeIn a UK first the British government has approved a carbon accreditation scheme set up to recognise business' efforts to capture and store carbon.
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International Forest Carbon Association (IFCA)Carbon Positive is involved with a number of participants in the forest carbon sector to establish a representative organisation, the International Forest Carbon Association (IFCA).
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End logging to cut carbon: studyAustralia could meet almost half of its 5 per cent greenhouse reduction target by ending logging of native forests, according to a new economic study.
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Dirk Brinkman has been selling trees since 1970, before carbon had anything to do with it.
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Increased Tropical Forest Growth Could Release Carbon from the SoilScienceDaily (Aug. 15, 2011) — A new study shows that as climate change enhances tree growth in tropical forests, the resulting increase in litterfall could stimulate soil micro-organisms leading to a release of stored soil carbon.
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Tropical forest CO2 fertilisation: self-mitigation of emissions possibly around 15 percentIn which case increased tropical forest density would sort of average out emissions of tropical deforestation. [Is it just us or do you share the feeling something is uncomfortably unsustainable about that comparison?]
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Neglected CO2-source detectedFor the first time, ETH-Zurich researchers provide concrete data on how alternative forms of land use influence the carbon balance in tropical ecosystems.
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Old growths remove 2.4 billion tonnes of carbon per yearThe report, funded by the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO, has also found deforestation emits more carbon emissions than previously thought—a staggering 2.9 billion tonnes of CO2 per year
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‘Serious’ Error Found in Carbon Savings for BiofuelsThe European Union is overestimating the reductions in greenhouse gas emissions achieved through reliance on biofuels as a result of a “serious accounting error,” according to a draft opinion by an influential committee of 19 scientists and academics.
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 This report provides insight into Ghanaian statutory and case law and its potential implications for REDD+.
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Japan approves 4 forestry CDM projects(1)
Host country: Nicaragua
Project Name: South CDM reforestation project in Nicaragua
Activities Summary: reforestation of native species to the former pasture has declined by over-harvesting (area: 813ha)
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Japan selects new batch of bilateral offset projectsJapan’s Environment Ministry said on Thursday that it has adopted 29 carbon projects under a bilateral offset mechanism, as part of nation’s efforts to achieve its climate goal to cut emissions.
The projects were selected from among 77 proposals made between April 28 and May 26 and cover such areas as waste management, transport, energy savings and avoided deforestation and degradation, the ministry said in a statement.
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Carbon offset projects ‘having positive impact’ The carbon offset projects being undertaken in Tanzania by a Norwegian company, Green Resources ASA (GRAS), have begun to make remarkable progress in addressing the challenge of climate change and contributing significantly to national poverty alleviation efforts.
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Japan – The rising sun for carbon marketsJapan has exemplary carbon credentials. It is amongst the most energy and carbon efficient economies in the world, and one of its most beautiful cities gave its name to the UN’s Kyoto Protocol.
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Mixed forestry reaction to National promises
National Party promises to adopt some of the recommendations made by the panel that reviewed the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) have been welcomed by forest owners. But they say much more policy work is needed if forestry is to achieve its potential for New Zealand.
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Minister Visits first Woodland in Wales to Crack the Carbon Code The Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development, John Griffiths, last week (3 November) visited the first woodland in Wales that allows companies to measure how much harmful carbon dioxide they are capturing from the atmo
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New study: Climate not as sensitive to carbon dioxide as some fear
Let’s see if an intriguing new paper in Science, released this afternoon, can break through your somnolent Turkey Day afternoon.
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Old Growth Forests of Northeast China
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China’s Pilot Transaction on Forestry Carbon Sequestration Officially Kicked Off Approved by the State Forestry Administration (SFA), China’s pilot forestry carbon sequestration transaction officially kicked off on November 1st 2011 in Yiwu City of Zhejiang Province.
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Beyond repair? Bank lobbies for carbon markets
As UN climate talks loom, the Bank is lobbying G20 countries to resuscitate shrinking carbon markets through controversial measures, including using public climate finance to stimulate demand and creating markets for soil and forest carbon.
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Researcher selected for groundbreaking forests studyThe Minister for Climate Change, Cassy O’Connor today announced CO2 Australia Limited as the successful consultant who will carry out groundbreaking research into the carbon stored in Tasmania’s forests.
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Meru and Nanyuki - building a sustainable future with carbon financeRecently I travelled to the foothills of Mount Kenya to visit the Meru and Nanyuki Community Reforestation Project, so I and a client could meet the communities benefitting from carbon finance and project developer TIST and see the project first hand.
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Carbon Plantations in Mozambique: Livelihoods, Development, and Local LegitimacyThe Norwegian forestry company Green Resources (GR) is one of several commercial actors that have started planting forests in Africa, aiming to reduce global CO2 emissions and join the international emissions trade market.
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Gabon’s forest alone absorbs 4 times the carbon that France emitsThe high-level African leaders who included the Africa Union’s Chairman Hon. Jean Ping, the head of the African Development bank Dr. Donald Kaberuka, Congo-Brazzavile’s minister for sustainable development, Hon.
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One pine beetle outbreak can affect forest carbon flux for decadesBut the precise effect of pine bark beetle plagues on the nitrogen cycle and carbon cycle is highly variable, says a research group led by the University of Idaho, who have used an ecosystem model to simulate outbreaks.
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Japanese Institute Evaluates Carbon Balances of Tropical Forests in Southeast Asia
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Rainforest in Transition: Is the Amazon Transforming before Our Eyes?The Amazon rainforest is in flux, thanks to agricultural expansion and climate change.
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World Bank’s New Greenhouse Gas Accounting Methodology Approved by SCS Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) has assessed the World Bank’s new methodology for estimating the emission reductions resulting from adoption of sustainable agricultural practices.
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World Bank Methodology for Soil Carbon Sequestration ApprovedAn agroforestry project financed by the World Bank's BioCarbon Fund in western Kenya presented a methodology for soil carbon sequestration through sustainable agricultural land management, which was approved by the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS).
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World Bank’s BioCarbon Fund launch a report on AR CDM experienceThe World Bank yesterday launched a new report by the BioCarbon Fund entitled “The BioCarbon Fund Experience: Insights from Afforestation / Reforestation Clean Development Mechanism Projects”.
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UN support for soil carbonTHE United Nations has thrown its support behind soil carbon, but Australian attempts to create a market mechanism to reward the building of soil carbon reserves are still mired in complexity.
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World Bank Reports Experience with A/R Biocarbon Fund Projects
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Africa and the CDM: a dead-endGiven the dismal state of carbon markets currently, it is baffling that there is a push to expand them to the African continent; yesterday the Africa Carbon Forum opened in Addis Ababa and next week there is a two d
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Kenya now hires carbon credits advisor
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When, where and how wood is used impact carbon emissions from logging
A new study from the University of California, Davis, provides a deeper understanding of the complex global impacts of deforestation on greenhouse gas emissions.
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Trees Absorb Less Carbon in Warming World Than Experts Have AssumedTrees may not be the planetary saviors people have been counting on in a warming climate.
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UK fund targets CO2 credits from areas in Brazil’s AmazonThe Brazilian Amazon state of Amapa has given a British investment fund the right to draw up avoided deforestation projects for an area covering 1.3 million hectares, the latest in a string of deals in the region.
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Mangrove conservation is 'economic' CO2 fixProtecting mangroves to lock carbon away in trees may be an economic way to curb climate change, research suggests.
Carbon credit schemes already exist for rainforests; the new work suggests mangroves could be included too.
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Brazil Perfects Monitoring of Amazon Carbon EmissionsA new system to calculate the amount of greenhouse gases generated by deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon jungle region has come at a good time for assessing the effects of the reform of the country’s forest code.
The new satellite system optimises government monitoring of forests.
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New Way to Capture Carbon: More Forests
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Noble Provides Project 81 Carbon SequestrationNoble Mineral Exploration Inc. (the "Company" or "Noble") is pleased to provide an update, further to its press releases of August 22, 2012 and September 10, 2012, on the carbon sequestration modelling undertak
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‘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.
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The other side of the climate story
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Do carbon offsets work? The role of forest management in greenhouse gas mitigationAuthor: Fried, Jeremy
Date: 2013
Source: Science Findings 155. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 5 p.
Station ID: SF-PNW-155
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Plants Help Control Carbon Sink, Keep The Earth From CookingAccording to a new study led by Princeton University, enhanced growth of the Earth’s plants during the 20th century has caused a significant slowdown of the Earth’s transition to being “red-hot.” This study, the first to specify the extent to which plants have prevented
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Woodland schemes cutting down corporate emissionsSince the launch of the Woodland Carbon Code in 2011, UK businesses have become more aware of the benefits of emissions sequestration through the investment of sustainably managed woodlands.
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