PEDRO MOURA COSTA’s journey from plant scientist to eco-millionaire began on the end of a shovel in Borneo. It was 1991 and the recent Oxford PhD had followed his wife to the island, where she had gone to study for her doctorate. It was there that he fell into what, at the time, was an unheard-...
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Business Times |
14 years 6 months ago
New York Times |
14 years 6 months ago
FIFTY EIGHT, Guyana — A battered, decades-old Bedford truck that would not look out of place in a “Mad Max” movie pulled off the road. Gold miners crawled out of its mud-splattered cab, sauntered into Peter Rajmenjan’s diner and asked if he had any bush hog for sale. “The only wild meat I have...
Carbon Watch |
14 years 6 months ago
The picture of the global carbon market is a murky one, stymied on the one hand by the lack of a U.S. climate policy, and bubbling over on the other hand with a highly speculative, and even murkier, voluntary market.
TIME |
14 years 6 months ago
Much of the handwringing by greens over the new climate and energy bill introduced in the Senate on May 12 has focused on the overtly controversial aspects of the legislation: the partial allowances it makes for new offshore oil drilling, for instance, and the ceiling it puts on carbon prices....
ASB |
14 years 6 months ago
While it is clear that deforestation is an important source of global carbon emissions, the potential role that agricultural mosaics at the forest margin could play, to help reduce pressure on the forest, store carbon and create benefits for local people is gaining evidence Scientists and...
14 years 6 months ago
In April, Guyana submitted a revised Readiness Preparation Proposal (R-PP), which provides an overview of the country's planned strategy for developing REDD Readiness.
RUNA |
14 years 6 months ago
CJSC Priangarye Investment Group is to construct two new pulp and paper mills in the Irkutsk region – in Taishet and Ust-Kuta. Investment volume amounts to USD 3.4 bln and will be provided by China Development Bank and Vneshekonombank (Russia). In 2007-2009 two Institutes Sibgiprobum and...
Forestry Investment Blog |
14 years 6 months ago
The World Bank is so concerned about the lack of forests remaining in the small country of Armenia that they have warned that it could one day become a desert. The loss of the country’s forests can be traced back to their energy crisis in the early 1990s. Since then the Massachusetts based...
PBS |
14 years 6 months ago
The Carbon Hunters was reported by Mark Schapiro, produced by Andres Cediel & co-produced by Daniela Broitman. STORY SYNOPSIS In a remote corner of Brazil's Atlantic coast, they say time is a fiction. This ancient forest is seemingly unspoiled by modern life -- beyond the reach of men,...
Reuters |
14 years 6 months ago
(Reuters) - A U.S. Senate climate bill, unveiled on Wednesday, has garnered general support from European carbon market players, though some have raised concerns over a few components of the proposed legislation. The draft bill, to be tabled by Democratic Senator John Kerry and independent...
RUNA |
14 years 6 months ago
Hekotek signed new contracts – two log sorting lines are to be supplied to the sawmills of Eastern Siberia (Irkutsk region and Krasnoyarsk area).
Carbon Positive |
14 years 6 months ago
The international market for AAU carbon allowances is drying up, according to a leading carbon analyst. The trade in government-level Kyoto carbon credits is winding down after numerous sales from eastern European nations holding surpluses to Japan, Norway and EU nations to help them meet their...
SCIDEV NET |
14 years 6 months ago
Preserving biodiversity may be the goal of conservationists and environmental activists, but preserving biomass is a more important priority for the poor, says a literature review. The finding, which researchers said was unexpected, was the result of one of three reviews presented to a symposium...
UN-REDD |
14 years 6 months ago
Zambia has approximately 50 million hectares of forest, with an estimated deforestation rate of 250,000 to 300,000 hectares per year. In recognition of the role REDD+ can play in reducing emissions and facilitating sustainable socio-economic development, the Zambian government is presently...
UN-REDD |
14 years 6 months ago
Bolivia is a country with an important extension of forest land, as approximately 50% of its territory is covered by forests. Bolivia is also vulnerable to climate change. Such vulnerability becomes evident in the increase of droughts threatening food security in the highlands, as well as in the...
UN-REDD |
14 years 6 months ago
With forests covering 58.9 % of land area, the DRC is home to the second largest tropical rainforest in the world and making rapid and sensible progress towards readiness. The “Coordination Nationale” (National Coordination) was recently established to pilot the REDD Process in the DRC.
UN-REDD |
14 years 6 months ago
Indonesia has moved progressively on REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation). In mid 2007, under the guidance of the Ministry of Forestry, a multi-stakeholder forum named the Indonesian Forest and Carbon Alliance was established. Since its inception, IFCA has...
UN-REDD |
14 years 6 months ago
The increasing pressures on natural resources in Panama, in particular forests resources, is the reason an incentive-based approach to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD – as considered under the Bali Action Plan) is urgently needed.