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Forest owners: iwi deal an opportunity lost
Wellington :: New Zealand | 3 minutes ago
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Owners have been landed with the massive liabilities of being part of the scheme, but can’t earn carbon credits. “Compensating iwi by giving them access to DoC land to plant forests for carbon and wood recognises this fact, but iwi are the only ones...
Tags: opportunity lost, New Zealand, Wellington, Deforestation, Carbon offset, Treaty of Waitangi claims and settlements, Iwi, Carbon credit, Carbon finance, Forestry, Action on climate change, Environment
McDonald's to turn logo green in Germany for environment
Berlin :: Germany | about 10 hours ago
Credibility At German branches of the US fast-food chain, the famous golden arches will be emblazoned on a green background, rather than its usual red, McDonald's Germany vice-president Holger Beeck said. The change will be made on all new and refitted restaurants...
Tags: Germany, McDonald, Berlin, Interbrand, Greenpeace, Deforestation, McDonald's, Golden Arches, Nokia, Environment
Looking ahead, Brazil's farmers take up reforestation
Lucas do Rio Verde :: Brazil | about 19 hours ago
Credibility For nearly 20 years, Luiz Alberto Bortolini cleared trees and planted soybeans as fast as he could, one of many pioneers who turned this barren outpost into prosperous farmland. Now, he and hundreds of other successful farmers are replanting trees as...
Tags: Brazil, Amazon Watch, Lucas, Lucas do Rio Verde, The Nature Conservancy, Afforestation, Rainforest, Environment of Brazil, Deforestation, Forestry, Non-governmental organizations, Environment
Lewis Blackwell: Copenhagen might dither, but the rest of us can get planting
London :: United Kingdom | about 20 hours ago
Credibility As hopes fade for a convincing Copenhagen climate-change summit, we can expect public cynicism around environmental issues to grow. Especially if it involves putting a hand into a recession-tightened pocket. It's been unedifying to see thousands of politicians...
Tags: United Kingdom, London, Treeplanting, Carbon offset, Rainforest Rescue, Tree, Sustainability, Forestry, Deforestation, Reforestation, Environment
Frame sustainable Himalayan development policy: Bahuguna
New Delhi :: India | 1 day ago
Credibility Even large towns would not get water for long as the dams lead to siltation in rivers, he claimed. "A number of dams are also coming up in Arunachal Pradesh, displacing people and damaging flora and fauna," Bahuguna said. He expressed concern over "gradual...
Tags: sustainable himalayan, Sunderlal Bahuguna, Bahuguna PTI, development policy, himalayan development, India, New Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Himalayas, Deforestation, States and territories of India, Bahuguna, Environment
Armchair army to save rainforest
Lima :: Peru | 1 day ago
Credibility A conservation group led by a millionaire sports tycoon and a former Labour minister is launching an appeal today to recruit 100,000 green heroes to protect trees in the Amazon. With less than three weeks to go before the United Nations climate change...
Tags: Cool Earth, save rainforest, Peru, Lima, Rainforest, Ecosystems, Trees, Deforestation, Forest, Forestry, Johan Eliasch, Environment
Computer model predicts future deforestation in Congo Basin rainforest
Brussels :: Belgium | 2 days ago
Credibility Michael Obersteiner, who is leading the development of the forestry model at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, based in Laxenburg, Austria. �But for Central African countries, the forward-looking projections will be more reliable,�...
Tags: Congo Basin, basin rainforest, predicts future, models predicts, Belgium, Brussels, Forests, Rainforest, Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, Forest, Afforestation, Deforestation, Forestry, Carbon finance, Environment
£22bn emergency fund aims to cut rate of deforestation
Georgetown :: Guyana | 3 days ago
Credibility The aim of the fund, which is backed by 35 countries, is to begin cutting the rate of deforestation immediately, without waiting for the United Nations to complete negotiations on its own scheme for saving rainforests. Payments will be made to rainforest...
Tags: Guyana, Georgetown, Forests, Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, Rainforest, Afforestation, Deforestation, Forestry, Carbon finance, Environment, Rainforests, Greenpeace, Tropical rainforest, Deforestation in Brazil, Business Finance, Environmental organizations, Prince's Rainforests Project, The Rainforest Foundation, Bharrat Jagdeo
Letters to the International Herald Tribune: The Price of Affluence
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 4 days ago
Credibility The Price of Affluence Published: November 18, 2009 While Thomas Friedman’s proposal of halting deforestation as quickly as possible to start addressing climate change is sound, the strategy he suggests will not succeed (“Trucks, trains and trees,”...
Tags: Afghanistan, Kabul, Carbon finance, Thomas Friedman, Sustainability, Soybean, Forestry, Deforestation, Worldwatch Institute, Environment
Norway and Guyana sign rainforest deal
London :: United Kingdom | 4 days ago
Credibility Guyana and Norway yesterday hailed a historic agreement that will see the Scandinavian country invest $250m (£150m) to preserve the rainforests of the Latin America nation. With world leaders warning that no legally binding agreement will be possible...
Tags: Norway, Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, climate change, United Kingdom, London, Republics, Deforestation, Rainforest, Carbon sink, Carbon dioxide, Carbon finance, Environment
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