Es wird ernst: Am 15. Februar 2009 war Abgabetermin für die ersten normalen Stellungnahmen der Staaten zum Nachfolgeprotokoll von LULUCF. Der Bereich LULUCF wird und wurde in der AWG-KP viel diskutiert – österreichische Beiträge dazu findet man allerdings nur sporadisch. Somit ist klar, dass jetzt etwas geschehen muss – spätestens bis Mitte 2009 sollten die Länder wissen, was auf sie zukommt und welche Optionen für sie die besten sind.
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Ecological produced palm oil - nobody want's to buy...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.
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Ökologisch produziertes Palmöl kauft niemand...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.
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The Ability of World Forests to Capture and Store CarbonNature knows how to capture and store carbon and has been doing so effectively for mellenia. We need this capacity in order to help us resolve the climate crisis we have created.
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Africa's first CDM forest projectTrees will return to a vast eroded grassland in Uganda as Africa's first Clean Development Mechanism forestry project evolves.
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First developing countries proposals for LULUCF in BangkokAfter nearly two years of developed countries discussing different options for rule changes for this sector, and not getting much farther than more clearly articulating the options that suit each country best, G77 and China said enough is enough and drew a line in the sand:
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Finnish forests may be calculated as sources for carbon after CopenhagenOne model for calculations in climate change negotiations would cause one thousand million euros’ loss for Finnish forestry sector - over half of annual logging revenues. (LULUCF)
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Forestry's Growing Role in Carbon FinanceOne of the bright spots at the Copenhagen climate change summit could be the establishment of a scheme to protect forests and their carbon-absorbing capacity
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France at loggerheads with EU allies on forestsCOPENHAGEN — France clashed with other EU nations Thursday over how to calculate carbon emissions absorbed and emitted by forests, a key component of a climate deal (called LULUCF - Land use, Land use change and Forestry) being hammered out at UN talks in Copenhagen.
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Is NYT understanding LULUCF?At this week's global climate talks, some rich nations are prepared to urge more lenient accounting practices to hide a portion of their fossil fuel carbon emissions using their trees, environmentalists say.
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Social and environmental standards for REDD and other forest carbon programsSocial and environmental standards for REDD and other forest carbon programs
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Using woodlands to cut emissionsThe UK is one of the least forested countries in Europe. The growing maturity of UK woodlands means that carbon sequestration is falling rapidly.
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UNFCCC in Bonn: Emissions Reductions or Market Mechanisms? Bonn, Germany - As the UNFCCC climate talks got under way in Bonn, the two working groups began meetings: the ad hoc working group on long-term co-operative action (AWG-LCA) began with responses to the draft text and ad hoc working group on the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) began to discuss emission
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LULUCF: Rich countries accused of carbon 'cheating'Some rich countries are seeking new rules under the UN climate convention that campaigners say would allow them to gain credit for "business as usual".
Russia, Australia, Canada and some EU countries are among the accused.
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Forestry Land Use - A Chorus of Rusty CogsThere aren’t many beards in evidence at Citola’s offices, but we hope you’ll know what we mean when we say we’ve been doing a lot of beard-stroking when it comes to the issue of the UN climate change talks.
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UNFCCC Publishes Meeting Report on Guidance for Forest Emissions and Removals
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Ireland calls for timber to be included in offsetting schemeThe Irish Parliament is calling on the EU to agree that the country can used forest carbon sinks to offset its non-Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) emissions.
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United Nations urged to adopt EDF’s proposals to improve carbon accounting in forestryLeading up to next week’s round of international climate change negotiations in Bonn, Germany, a coalition that includes Environmental Defense Fund today presented to the United Nations its proposals to properly account for land management activities that add or remove carbon in the atmosphere.
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Portugal's Forests Losing Ability to Capture CarbonGERÊS, Portugal, Aug 31, 2010 (IPS) - Environmentalists are alarmed: fires have destroyed close to 100,000 hectares of forest in Portugal this summer, releasing one million tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Worst of all, the forests are losing their ability to absorb carbon.
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Is EU changing mind in terms of forest carbon?New rumbling emerged from Europe this week that the potential for emissions-reducing activities involving land use, land-use change, and forestry may be finally getting a d
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New Permits to Pollute SoughtBRUSSELS, Sep 16, 2010 (IPS) - Extra permits to pollute the atmosphere would be given to corporations that invest in areas surrounding tropical rainforests under plans drawn up by one of Europe's most influential pressure groups.
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EU re-examines forestry’s climate roleThe long-debated issue of what part forestry should be play if any in the European Union’s climate change effort is again at the fore. The European Commission last week opened a consultation on whether land-based activity, the LULUCF sector in Kyoto Protocol jargon, should be included in the EU’s 2020 emissions reduction effort.
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EU: Public consultation on the role of EU agriculture and forestry
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CDM forestry rules need reformThe CDM’s forest carbon rules surrounding eligibility of both land and activity type need to be reformed if the forest sector is going to make its contribution to the climate change mitigation effort, argues Dr Promode Kant of India’s Institute of Green Economy:
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B.C. draft carbon offset rules draw criticism from environmentalist
Proposed rules for forest carbon offset projects are receiving criticism as a new draft protocol is opened up for public review.
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California Air Resources Board Grants Forest Clearcutters a Free CO2 PassAB32 - Charged with implementing the provisions of A.B.
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LULUCF in 2011 - Guest Commentary in Point Carbon
--the following appeared as a guest commentary in Carbon Market Europe, Thomson Reuters Point Carbon on February 25, 2011--
Closing the deal on forest accounting
By Chris Henschel, national manager of boreal conservation, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Mark it on your calendar: the UN climate change conference in South Africa this December will deliver an agreement on the accountability of industrialised countries for their emissions from forest management and other land uses (LULUCF).
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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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Spain Needs $466 Million in Carbon Credits to Meet Kyoto Limit
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UPDATE 1-EU seeks tighter CO2 grip on farms, forests -draftBRUSSELS, Feb 24 (Reuters) - The EU forestry and farming sectors will have to monitor and report from 2013 changes to land use that could affect greenhouse gas emissions, as part of the bloc's measures to curb climate change, under a draft law seen by Reuters.
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Is New Green Law Creating More Green for Logging Companies?California's new Cap and Trade program has been hailed as the gold standard in environmental law for the entire world. Not only are other states looking to the law but other countries, too, are watching to judge its effects on the global economy and environment.
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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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Sustainable land use for the 21st century It is estimated that the human footprint has affected 83% of the global terrestrial
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California's forest protocol outpaces EU's LULUCF plans
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Forests or Agriculture: not necessarily an ‘all or nothing’ trade-off BOGOR, Indonesia (16 October, 2012)_Making informed decisions on how to reduce carbon emissions from forestry and agriculture requires some solid knowledge about potential tradeoffs between development and conservation objectives: what you manage to win through avoided deforestation or reduced c
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