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Carbon trading offers huge opportunity to reduce deforestation
Mario Monzoni, the Director of Brazil’s green economy university has said that cap and trade will be the key to reducing deforestation. Read more...
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New research reveals biochar’s secrets
New research by Rice University has found charcoal needs to be heated to at least 450 Celsius to ensure water and nutrients get to their plants. Read more...
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World Bank report analyses illegal logging
A new World Bank analysis has slammed illegal logging, citing it as a major cause of flooding in some regions and generates massive profits for organised crime. Read more...
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Wildfire deficit creating growing problem for Western United States.
A paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is warning that the American West is seeing increased wildfires as a result of drought. Read more...
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Disappearing cedar mystery solved
The complexity of climate change’s interactions with the natural environment could not be more clearly demonstrated than with the decline of the yellow cedar in Alaska and British Columbia. Read more...
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New biomass plant due to open in Essex
Britain’s biggest biomass power plant is to begin producing power at the end of next week, with all three 250MW units producing by the end of the month. Read more...
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New report on biochar shows promise
A new report by the US Department of Agriculture is saying biochar can be added to glacial soils to help reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Read more...
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Asia-Pacific sees growth in forests in impressive turn around
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has reported that the Asia-Pacific region has not only reduced the rapid deforestation seen in the 1990’s, but has reversed the trend to the point where forest is being gained at a rate of 1.5m hectares in the last decade. Read more...
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Growing trees in the desert as a carbon reduction method
Whilst conserving current forests is essential in the battle against climate change, a group of scientists have a plan to create forests in desert and other arid environments, thereby creating new carbon sinks. Read more...
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Current forest management schemes ineffective, study says
A study has found that the system used to protect forest biodiversity and people in poor nations is ineffective. Read more...
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