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mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - 9 hours ago
A new carbon accounting standard will bolster efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions resulting from deforestation, thereby creating a financial incentive for saving rainforests, say backers of the initiative, known …
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mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Nov 17, 2008
The government of Papua New Guinea is facing criticism over its plan to seek compensation via the carbon market for protecting the country's rainforests, reports Australian Broadcasting Corporation News (ABC News).
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mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Oct 23, 2008
Donors meeting this week in Washington D.C. pledged more than $100 million to the World Bank's new initiative for conserving tropical forests. In addition to the $100 million in donations, the World Bank announced that …
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mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Oct 23, 2008
Donors meeting this week in Washington D.C. pledged more than $100 million to the World Bank's new initiative for conserving tropical forests. In addition to the $100 million in donations, the World Bank announced that …
Also tagged: environment, forests, green, conservation, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon offsets, deforestation, carbon trading, rainforests, carbon sequestration, indigenous people, climate change politics, happy upbeat environmental, saving rainforests, avoided deforestation, carbon conservation, carbon finance, conservation finance, global warming mitigation, rainforest conservation
mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Oct 17, 2008
Europe's carbon trading scheme may be used to generate funds to fight deforestation, reports Reuters. Speaking at a news conference on Friday, EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said he hoped the EU's emissions …
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mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Oct 16, 2008
Mechanisms that use forest conservation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are doomed to fail unless they are "based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples and forest communities," warn environmentalists and …
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mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Oct 15, 2008
Protecting tropical forests will simultaneously reduce carbon emissions, support poverty reduction and help preserve biodiversity and other forest services, says a new report commissioned by the British government. The …
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mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Oct 14, 2008
Protecting tropical forests will simultaneously reduce carbon emissions, support poverty reduction and help preserve biodiversity and other forest services, says a new report commissioned by the British government. The …
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mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Oct 13, 2008
Environmental crime is generating $10 billion a year in revenue for gangsters and criminal syndicates reports the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) in a paper released today.
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mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Sep 24, 2008
Forest conservation can play a critical role in efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and alleviate poverty, said a prominent group of politicians, development experts, and environmental NGOs meeting in New York …
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