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·17/6/2009 - New report predicts dire consequences for every U.S. region from global warming, Mongabay
·15/6/2009 - McCartney urges 'meat-free days' to tackle climate change, Independent (UK)
·3/5/2009 - Corn board says new California carbon rule will hurt Nebraska’s ethanol industry, Grand Island Independent
·13/4/2009 - Global Warming: Heat Could Kill Drought-stressed Trees Fast, ScienceDaily
·1/2/2009 - Canada's vast boreal forests must be protected | Link, Times Colonist
·4/12/2008 - Bank of America will no longer finance mountaintop removal coal mining, Mongabay
·12/11/2008 - Canada: Reasons to save the forests, Vancouver Sun
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·Coalition for Rainforest Nations
·Assesment of CO2 emissions from drained peatlands in South-East Asia
·Deforestation, Forest Degradation, Biodiversity Loss and CO2 Emissionsin Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia
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- 1. Microsoft Word - Carbon Finance for Rainforest Conservation ... Rank: 73%
- 23 Table 3 - Carbon scenarios applying a 35% discount rate ... 26 Table 4 - Carbon project NPVs assuming 50% chance of accreditation ... 27 4 Executive Summary Background on Carbon Investment & Forest Conservation Deforestation in tropical rainforests contributes approximately 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions annually. Options for expanding the inclusion of forest conservation in global carbon markets are currently...
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- 2. Carbon trading could save rainforests Rank: 72%
- SHARE: | | Carbon trading could save rainforests Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com April 12, 2006 A new rainforest conservation initiative by developing nations offers great promise to help slow tropical deforestation rates says William Laurance, a leading rainforest biologist from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, in an article appearing Friday in New Scientist. Laurance, who is also president of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, says the proposal...
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- 3. Carbon market could fund rainforest conservation, fight climate... Rank: 72%
- SHARE: | | Carbon market could fund rainforest conservation, fight climate change: Interview with Tracy Johns, REDD policy expert at WHRC Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com May 19, 2008 A mechanism to fund forest conservation through the carbon market could significantly reduce greenhouse emissions, help preserve biodiversity, and improve rural livelihoods, says a policy expert with the Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) in Massachusetts. In an interview with mongabay.com, WHRC Policy Advisor and...
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- 4. First rainforest-for-carbon-credits deal becomes a reality Rank: 72%
- SHARE: | | First rainforest-for-carbon-credits deal becomes a reality Rhett Butler, mongabay.com February 7, 2008 Villagers in Aceh, the Indonesian province that suffered through three decades of civil war and lost some 170,000 people to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, could soon see $26 million in carbon credits for protecting rainforests from logging under a deal announced today between conservationists, carbon traders, and the Aceh government. The project - backed by the Government of Aceh,...
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- 5. First rainforest-for-carbon-credits deal becomes a reality Rank: 72%
- rainforest-for-carbon-credits deal becomes a reality Villagers in Aceh, the Indonesian province that suffered through three decades of civil war and lost some 170,000 people to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, could soon see $26 million in carbon credits for protecting rainforests from logging under a deal announced today between conservationists, carbon traders, and the Aceh government. The project - backed by the Government of Aceh, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) and Carbon Conservation -...
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- 6. Carbon Sequestration - Rainforest Rescue Rank: 72%
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- 7. Carbon trade 'to save' rainforest Rank: 72%
- Carbon trading can be used to protect endangered rainforests by compensating nations that avoid deforestation, the World Bank has said. It has suggested that industrial states offset their carbon emissions by funding projects designed to reduce deforestation in developing countries. The World Bank report said 5% of the world's rainforest is lost each decade. The forest was more valuable if left to store carbon dioxide emissions than if cleared for pasture, it argued. Carbon markets According to...
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