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All those global officials responsible for REDD-plus ►
If you want to have an introduction to REDD+, if you want to understand deforestation, why it happened and where it still happens then follow this link, we will lead you the right direction - and, don't miss "Don't demonize deforestation!"...
Lost in space because of all those specific terms when reading deforestation texts?
Glossary of Forests related Climate specific terms ►
Want to know some background info of UN-REDD programme?
UN-REDD came up with a Q&A in July 2010 ►
All global forest info at your mousecklick...
Capital Press |
3 days 4 hours ago
ANDERSON, Calif. - Forestry's recognition as a carbon-friendly industry could provide lucrative opportunities for timberland owners in the emerging world of carbon credits. However, uncertainties in California's upcoming cap-and-trade regulations could make it costly and risky for companies...
Redding |
3 days 6 hours ago
California's call to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 means new revenue for timber landowners willing to play the carbon-offset market. Steven Brink of the California Forestry Association said the Global Warming Solutions Act, or Assembly Bill 32, is an opportunity for the industry....
Tags: Forest carbon, Handel (-Zertifikaten), trading, USA, Carbon, Kohlenstoff
OffsetBlog |
3 days 6 hours ago
ClearSky Climate Solutions, CEO, Keegan Eisenstadt was on the ground in Durban for the UNFCCC 17th Conference of the Parties. He was present for what was an incredibly busy couple of weeks. Participating in a schedule filled with formal negotiations, technical side events, meetings with government...
Mongabay |
3 days 6 hours ago
Now that California's carbon market has arrived, an Australian-based company that specializes in forest carbon offsets has jump started two forest projects with private landowners in the western U.S. The new company, Forest Carbon Partners, will make the projects available as carbon offsets for...
World Bank |
3 days 6 hours ago
What does climate finance really mean? Do we mean dedicated funds mobilized by donors in the carbon market, or do we mean funds actually used for mitigation and adaptation action? Definitions and publications abound, but the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) has now taken the bull by the horns and...
Tags: Forest carbon, Carbofinance, Forestfinance
ABC Net |
3 days 6 hours ago
TONY EASTLEY: When the Prime Minister and the Tasmanian Premier signed a forestry agreement last year it appeared that an end was in sight to the protracted and bitter Tasmanian forestry debate. This morning however the deal would appear to be in tatters. Felicity Ogilvie reports from Hobart....
ForestCarbonAsia |
1 week 2 days ago
Ireland has become the first country in the world to recognise forest carbon credits in its tax regime – paving the way for the issuance of forest bonds, according to a leading banker. On Wednesday, Ireland’s government published a finance bill which extends the range of carbon offsets...
Envrionmental Finance |
1 week 2 days ago
The UK government has invested £110 million ($157 million) into two new commercial funds, aiming to leverage in at least £3 billion of private capital for green investments in developing countries.
Tags: Forest carbon, Großbritannien, UK, REDD+, Carbofinance, Forestfinance
Business Recorder |
1 week 2 days ago
Sarhad Forestry Ittehad (Safi) has rejected lease agreement between the department of forests and British company Merlyn Wood for leasing of 2,71,000 acres forest covered area in district Mansehra, Battgram and Swat for 40 years.This was stated by President, Safi Abbottabad, Riaz Mohammad Khan;...
IFCA |
1 week 3 days ago
Canadian Reforestation project developer Taking Root has come up with a new online tool to help its offset buyers explain and promote their offsetting commitment to their own customers. The CO2 Responsible communications kit is designed to help businesses get full value from their decision to...
NC Guyana |
2 weeks 2 days ago
Another major initiative to ensure that Guyana’s natural resources and wealth are sustainably harvested for the development of its present and future generations, the Community Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (C-MRV) Project that will have the involvement of 16 villages of the North...
ENN |
2 weeks 2 days ago
The lush vegetation wrapping the center of the globe is one of the most important features for regulating a stable climate in the world. Much excess CO2 emissions from industrialized regions find their way to the equator to be absorbed by abundant CO2-consuming plant life. However, as large tracts...
Tags: Forest carbon, Senke, sinks, stocks, Vorrat, Carbon, Kohlenstoff
Forbes |
2 weeks 2 days ago
A study published in Nature Climate Change this week measured both the biomass of different types of tropical forests and the emissions lost via deforestation, providing more accurate data than was previously available, according to lead author Alessandro Baccini. That’s important for...
RECOFTC |
2 weeks 2 days ago
The Community Carbon Accounting (CCA) Action Research Project was launched with the intention of elaborating approaches for engaging communities in forest carbon stock monitoring.
Tags: Forest carbon, REDD+, Carbofinance, Forestfinance
EurActive |
3 weeks 3 days ago
Greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels such as palm oil, soybean and rapeseed are higher than those for fossil fuels when the effects of Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) are counted, according to leaked EU data seen by EurActiv. The default values assigned to the biofuels compare to those from...
Eco-Business |
3 weeks 3 days ago
Some of our clients will remember that The CarbonNeutral Company started business in 1997 trading as Future Forests, and will know that our services have always recognised the central role played by ecosystems in maintaining a stable climate. Planting and protecting forests makes perfect sense...
Forest Carbon Asia |
3 weeks 3 days ago
International climate change negotiations at COP17 in Durban, December 2011 saw further developments on the proposed REDD+ mechanism to reduce forest-based emissions and enhance forest carbon sinks. A binding international REDD+ agreement and a larger climate change agreement will likely be many...
Tags: Forest carbon, REDD+
International Forest Industries |
3 weeks 3 days ago
What a year it’s been for those involved in carbon markets. A raft of new legislation, a jump followed by a dramatic drop-off in carbon pricing and then a slow-down in trading. The roller coaster ride has caused plenty of angst for those foresters, emitters and investors with an interest in...
Yomiuri |
3 weeks 3 days ago
Firms that emit greenhouse gases but also want to help revitalize business in the Tohoku region following the Great East Japan Earthquake are being drawn to participate in a carbon dioxide offset trading scheme. Named J-VER (Japan Verified Emission Reduction), the scheme is a type of carbon-offset...
Rumors and Facts |
4 weeks 1 day ago
ociete Generale on Tuesday lowered its price forecasts for European Union and U.N.-backed carbon, citing an over-supply of emission units, a worsening EU economic outlook and an expansion of low-carbon energy sources. Front-year EU Allowances (EUAs) would average 8.9 euros ($11.28) a tonne in 2012...