COPENHAGEN 2009: THE FINAL draft of a deal on curbing carbon emissions from deforestation has been stripped of any real protection for natural forests or indigenous peoples who have looked after them for centuries, environmentalists claimed yesterday.
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The Irish Times |
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CNBC |
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Defining how a forest can generate carbon credits could be the one landmark agreement coming out of the UN climate talks in Copenhagen. The goal of negotiations in Copenhagen will be to create a forestry carbon offsets protocol, designed to incentivize developing countries like Indonesia and...
New Matilda |
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Carbon offset schemes like REDD have been a big part of the Copenhagen negotiations so far, but in practice they can go horribly wrong, reports Angela Dewan
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Norway and Mexico launch a joint model to provide predictable funding for climate actions in developing countries, starting in 2013.
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Destruction of forests — burning or cutting trees to clear land for plantations or cattle ranches — is thought to account for about 20 percent of global emissions. That's as much carbon dioxide as all the world's cars, trucks, trains, planes and ships combined. So a deal on deforestation is...
The Sydney Morning Herald |
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A global policy to preserve forests and limit carbon dioxide emissions will likely be folded into a draft text this week at the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen.
The New York Times |
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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.
Dead Tree Edition |
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I wrote recently that I was on the verge of publishing “the best article I have ever seen on paper purchasing” when Google’s robots disabled this blog. Here it is, from guest columnist Bill Lufkin, one of the country's top experts on paper buying. As president of Lufkin Strategic Procurement,...
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A new report states that boreal forests store nearly twice as much carbon as tropical forests per hectare: a fact which researchers say should make the conservation of boreal forests as important as tropical in climate change negotiations.
Mongabay |
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Boreal forests in some of the world's wealthiest countries are being rapidly destroyed by human activities — including mining, logging, and purposely-set fires — report researchers writing in Trends in Ecology and Evolution.
Politico |
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REDD (the deforestation issue) continues to be in pretty good shape and move forward – to the surprise and pleasure of all. It is now seems possible that the REDD issue will get to “the one yard line” as many of us hope, and therefore be in a position to be nudged over when the final agreement...
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COPENHAGEN — 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. French climate ambassador...
RISI |
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SHANGHAI, Dez. 11, 2009 (RISI Blog) - One big story in 2010 and 2011 will be the wave of new printing and writing paper capacity due to come online in China. Even though the economic crisis this year has delayed some of the capacity, 4.6 million tonnes of the new capacity has been announced for...
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Australia, the world largest exporter of wood chips reduced shipments by 28% during the first half of 2009 reports the Wood Resource Quarterly.The biggest decline was that of softwood and hardwood chips to Japan, which were down 31% and 36%, respectively, compared to the same period in 2008.
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Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Across Uganda, thousands of women warm supper over new, $8 orange-painted stoves.
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A report published Tuesday by PricewaterhouseCoopers found that the Canadian forest and paper industry lost $632 million in the third quarter of 2009, exceeding the $552 million reported in the same quarter of 2008. "The third quarter financials for the sector are grim, adding to the tough...
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There is a myth about REDD funds, it tells about a lot of funds for many countries. However, considering the uncertainties of carbon inventories and the fact that only net-emissions beyond the MRE could lead to any funds, Indonesia would need to reduce its deforestation rate by more than 75% AND...
WebFinanser |
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Seattle, USA. October, 2009. Australia, the world largest exporter of wood chips reduced shipments by 28% during the first half of 2009. The biggest decline was that of softwood and hardwood chips to Japan, which were down 31% and 36%, respectively, compared to the same period in 2008.
YLE |
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The Market Court has fined forest products giants Metsäliitto Cooperative and Stora Enso a total of 51 million euros for running a price cartel. The court ruled on Thursday that the companies cooperated in raw lumber pricing for more than seven years beginning in 1997. The ruling says that...