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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Carbon payments may not protect biodiversity]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Paying rural landowners in Oregon's Willamette Basin to protect at-risk animals won't necessarily mean that their newly conserved trees and plants will absorb more carbon from the atmosphere and vice versa, a new study has found.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0707-carbon_oregon.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Britain, Norway commit $210 million towards Congo rainforest conservation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The governments of Britain and Norway last week announced a $211 million (108 million) initiative to conserve rainforests in the Congo Basin.  The plan calls for the use of an advanced satellite camera to monitor deforestation in the region and funding for community-based conservation projects.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0624-congo.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[REDD could trigger bias in conservation funding towards carbon-rich ecosystems]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) mechanism proposed as a means to fight global warming and protect forests may leave some ecosystems at risk to development argue researchers in an editorial published in the journal <i>Science</i>.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0612-forests_redd.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Unlocking the potential of forests to limit climate change]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Understanding the complex interactions between forests and climate may "unlock the potential of forests to limit global climate change," argues a researcher writing in the journal <i>Science</i>.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0612-forests_bonan.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Forestry will play a critical role in slowing global warming]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[While reducing deforestation and forest degradation would pay great dividends in the fight against global climate change by eliminating up to a fifth of greenhouse gas emissions, other mechanisms can also enhance the capacity of forests to sequester carbon from the atmosphere, show researchers writing in this week's issue of the journal <i>Science</i>. ]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0612-forests_canadell.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Madagascar signs big carbon deal to fund rainforest conservation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Madagascar will sell more than nine million tons of carbon offsets to fund rainforest conservation in a newly established protected area.  Conservationists say the deal protect endangered wildlife, promote sustainable development to improve the economic well-being of people living in and around the park area, and help fight global warming.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0611-madagascar.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Guiana Shield forests help preserve biodiversity and climate]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Guiana Shield region of South America could play a significant role in efforts to fight global warming as part of a broader strategy to protect the world's biodiversity hotspots and high biodiversty wilderness areas, said a leading conservationist speaking in Paramaribo, Suriname at a gathering of tropical biologists.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0609-mittermeier.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[$45 trillion needed to meet energy demand, fight global warming by 2050]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Investors will need to spend $45 trillion by 2050 to keep pace with growing energy demand while addressing concerns over global warming, warned the International Energy Agency in a report issued Friday.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0608-climate_energy.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Brazil's Amazon conservation efforts worth $100 billion]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A plan to protect large expanses of the Amazon rainforest could reduce carbon emissions by 1.1 billion tons by 2050, according to a study presented in Bonn, Germany at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0529-amazon.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Environmental damage costs $4.8 trillion annually]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Environmental damage and biodiversity loss in forest ecosystems costs 2.1 to 4.8 trillion dollars per year, according to a report released Thursday at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity meeting in Bonn, Germany.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0529-biodiversity.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Forest carbon credits could guide development in Congo]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by offering carbon credits to countries that reduce deforestation may be one of the best mechanisms for promoting sustainable development in Central Africa says a remote sensing expert from the Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC). Dr. Nadine Laporte, an associate scientist with WHRC who uses remote sensing to analyze land use change in Africa, says that REDD could protect forests, safeguard biodiversity, and improve rural livelihoods in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and other Central African nations.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0529-interview_laporte.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Greenpeace says carbon fund will save forests and climate]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In a report unveiled today at the UN conference on biodiversity in Bonn, Greenpeace announced support for a plan to save tropical forests through a fund for carbon and other ecosystem services.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0520-greenpeace_carbon.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Carbon market could fund rainforest conservation, fight climate change]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[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 Research Associate Tracy Johns says that Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD), a proposed policy mechanism for combating climate change by safeguarding forests and the carbon they store, offers great potential for protecting tropical rainforests.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0519-interview_johns.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Prince Charles calls for rainforest protection to fight climate change]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ending the destruction of tropical rainforests is the simplest step to helping address climate change, said Prince Charles in an interview with the BBC.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0515-prince.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Al Gore's investment firm bets that rainforest conservation will be profitable]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Al Gore's investment firm has signaled an interest in the emerging market for ecosystem services by taking an equity position in an innovative Australian financial company.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-new_forests.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Papua signs REDD carbon deal to generate income from rainforest protection]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The government of the Indonesian province of Papua has entered into an agreement with an Australian financial firm to establish a forestry-based carbon finance project on the island of New Guinea.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-papua.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. climate policy could help save rainforests]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. policy measures to fight global warming could help protect disappearing rainforests, says the founding partner of an "avoided deforestation" policy group. In an interview with mongabay.com, Jeff Horowitz of the Berkeley-based Avoided Deforestation Partners argues that U.S. policy initiatives could serve as a catalyst for the emergence and growth of a carbon credits market for forest conservation. REDD or Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation is a proposed policy mechanism that would compensate tropical countries for safeguarding their forests.  Because deforestation accounts for around a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions, efforts to reduce deforestation can help fight climate change.  Forest protection also offers ancillary benefits like the preservation of ecosystem services, biodiversity, and a homeland for indigenous people.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0514-interview_horowitz.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Could felling and burying trees help fight global warming?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Could cutting down trees and burying them help fight global warming?  An article in this week's issue of <i>New Scientist</i></a> suggests so. Ning Zeng, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Maryland in College Park, tells New Scientist that thinning forests and burying "excess wood" in a manner in which its didn't decay could sequester enough carbon to offset all of our fossil-fuel emissions.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0430-soil_carbon.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[No sacrifices to ending deforestation in the Amazon, only gains]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Regular columnist and co-creator of Brazil's environmental news website, O Eco, Sergio Abranches has great credibility in Brazil's eco-awakening.  A professor of political science, Abranches uses his unique talents to reach a widening audience in Brazil for environmental, energy, and climate change news and discussion.  He speaks expertly on any number of topics: from Amazonian deforestation to the current food crises to economic and political transformations for a warming world.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0429-hance_abranches_interview.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Biodiversity key to fighting climate change]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists from Brown University have discovered that an ecosystem's productivity is directly linked to its diversity of plant species.  The discovery has granted biodiversity new importance in the fight against climate change: the more productive the ecosystem the more carbon it captures.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0429-hance_biodiv.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Amazon farming technique may fight global warming]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Fifteen hundred years ago, tribes people from the central Amazon basin mixed their soil with charcoal derived from animal bone and tree bark. Today, at the site of this charcoal deposit, scientists have found some of the richest, most fertile soil in the world. Now this ancient, remarkably simple farming technique seems far ahead of the curve, holding promise as a carbon-negative strategy to rein in world hunger as well as greenhouse gases.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0411-terra_preta.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New plastics dervied from CO2 emissions could fight global warming]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Efforts to slow global warming by "scrubbing" carbon dioxide smokestack emissions could generate a material for the production of DVDs, beverage bottles and other products made from polycarbonate plastics, say chemists speaking at the 235th annual meeting of the American Chemical Society.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0408-plastics.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Investing to save rainforests]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Last week London-based Canopy Capital, a private equity firm, announced a historic deal to preserve the rainforest of Iwokrama, a 371,000-hectare reserve in the South American country of Guyana.  In exchange for funding a "significant" part of Iwokrama's $1.2 million research and conservation program on an ongoing basis, Canopy Capital secured the right to develop value for environmental services provided by the reserve. Essentially the financial firm has bet that the services generated by a living rainforest &#8212; including rainfall generation, climate regulation, biodiversity maintenance and carbon storage &#8212; will eventually be valuable in international markets. Hylton Murray-Philipson, director of Canopy Capital, says the agreement &#8212; which returns 80 percent of the proceeds to the people of Guyana &#8212; could set the stage for an era where forest conservation is driven by the pursuit of profit rather than overt altruistic concerns.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0402-hylton_interview.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Global warming solutions are harming indigenous people, says U.N.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Large-scale solutions intended to help mitigate global warming are harming the very indigenous people who are likely to bear the brunt of climate change, warned the United Nations University (UNU) at a conference in Darwin, Australia.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0402-redd_indigenous_people.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Private equity firm buys rights to ecosystem services of Guyana rainforest]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A private equity firm has purchased the rights to environmental services generated by 371,000 hectare rainforest reserve in Guyana.  Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the agreement is precedent-setting in that a financial firm is betting that the services generated by a living rainforest &#8212; including rainfall generation, climate regulation, biodiversity maintenance and water storage &#8212; will eventually see compensation in international markets.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0327-iwokrama.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Biochar fund to fight hunger, energy poverty, deforestation, and global warming]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Biopact, a leading bioenergy web site, has announced the creation of a "Biochar Fund" to help poor farmers improve their quality of life without hurting the environment.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0310-biochar.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Emissions from deforestation offset by increased tree growth in the Amazon]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An increase in carbon sequestration by trees in the Amazon has roughly offset total emissions from deforestation in the region since the 1980s.  A new study, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, this trend may slow in the future, causing the world's largest rainforest to become a net source of carbon emissions and therefore contributing to climate change.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0310-phillips_amazon.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scientists seek to understand how climate will impact forest carbon]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Forests contain nearly 40 percent of the world's carbon--more than the atmosphere contains--but too little is known about forest carbon dynamics to predict whether anthropogenic global change will increase or decrease forest carbon pools. Helene Muller-Landau, staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, announced a major global research effort to quantify forest carbon pools and fluxes. She announced the new effort at the Climate Change in the Americas Symposium, held Feb. 25-29 at the institute's headquarters in Panama.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0305-stri.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Organic fertilizers could fight global warming]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Applying organic fertilizers, such as those resulting from composting, to agricultural land could increase the amount of carbon stored in these soils and contribute significantly to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, according to new research published in a special issue of Waste Management &amp; Research (Special issue published today by SAGE).]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0227-compost.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Half the Amazon rainforest will be lost within 20 years]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[More than half the Amazon rainforest will be damaged or destroyed within 20 years if deforestation, forest fires, and climate trends continue apace, warns a study published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Reviewing recent trends in economic, ecological and climatic processes in Amazonia, Daniel Nepstad and colleagues forecast that 55 percent of Amazon forests will be "cleared, logged, damaged by drought, or burned" in the next 20 years.  The damage will release 15-26 billion tons of carbon into the atmosphere, adding to a feedback cycle that will worsen both warming and forest degradation in the region. While the projections are bleak, the authors are hopeful that emerging trends could reduce the likelihood of a near-term die-back.  These include the growing concern in commodity markets on the environmental performance of ranchers and farmers; greater investment in fire control mechanisms among owners of fire-sensitive investments; emergence of a carbon market for forest-based offsets; and the establishment of protected areas in regions where development is fast-expanding.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0227-nepstad_amazon.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Complete map of world forests to help REDD carbon trading initiative]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Policymakers, conservationists and scientists have high hopes that REDD, a mechanism for compensating countries for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, will spur a massive flow of funds to tropical countries, helping preserve rainforests and delivering economic benefits to impoverished rural communities. To date, one of the biggest hurdles for the initiative has been establishing a baseline for deforestation rates -- in order to compensate countries for "avoided deforestation" it first must be known how much forest the country has been losing on a historical basis.  Until now, with some notable exceptions, this data was based largely on spotty satellite assessment and surveys of national forestry departments by the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0228-kellndorfer_interview.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Carbon trading could protect forests, reduce rural poverty]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Carbon trading from avoided deforestation (REDD) credits could yield billions of dollars for tropical countries, according to analysis by mongabay.com, a leading tropical forest web site.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0226-redd.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Reducing deforestation rates 10% could generate $13B in carbon trading under REDD]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Cutting global deforestation rates 10 percent could generate up to $13.5 billion in carbon credits under a reducing emissions from deforestation ("REDD") initiative approved at the U.N. climate talks in Bali this past December, estimate researchers writing in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.  But the researchers caution there are still substantial obstacles to overcome before carbon-credits-for-rainforest-conservation becomes a reality.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0225-ebeling_redd_amazon.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Brazil's ecosystem payments system offers clues for REDD implementation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Brazil's existing system for environmental services payments could offer insight for implementing carbon-credits-for-forest-conservation (REDD) initiatives in the Amazon rainforest, argues a London School of Economics researcher in a new paper published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0225-hall_amazon.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Restoring soil carbon can reverse global warming, desertification and biodiversity loss]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Restoring the ability of soil to store carbon by promoting native grasses and vegetation can help reverse global warming, desertification and biodiversity loss, says an Australian researcher.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0221-soil_carbon_lovell_interview.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
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<title><![CDATA[Planktos kills iron fertilization project due to environmental opposition]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Planktos, a California-based firm that planned a controversial iron-fertilization scheme in an attempt to qualify carbon offsets, announced that it failed to find sufficient funding  for its efforts and would postpone its project indefinitely.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0219-planktos.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0219-planktos.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[First rainforest-for-carbon-credits deal becomes a reality]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0207-carbon_conservation.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[55% of the Amazon may be lost by 2030]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Cattle ranching, industrial soy farming, and logging are three of the leading drivers of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.  As commodity prices continue to rise, driven by surging demand for biofuels and grain for meat production, the economic incentives for developing the Amazon increase.  Already the largest exporter of beef and the second largest producer of soy - with the largest expanse of "undeveloped" but arable land of any country - Brazil is well on its way to rivaling the U.S. as the world's agricultural superpower.  The trend towards turning the Amazon into a giant breadbasket seems unstoppable. Nevertheless the decision at the U.N. climate talks in Bali to include "Reducing Emissions From Deforestation and Degradation" (REDD) in future climate treaty negotiations may preempt this fate, says Dr. Daniel Nepstad, a scientist at the Woods Hole Research Institute.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0124-nepstad.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Too early to say if iron seeding will slow global warming - scientists]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Schemes to use feed the ocean with iron as a way to enhance carbon sequestration from the atmosphere are premature and could be damaging to sea life and marine ecosystems, warns a letter published in the journal <i>Science</i> by an international group of scientists.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0110-oceans.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Carbon uptake by temperate forests declining due to global warming]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[North American forests are storing less carbon due to warmer autumns, reports a study published in the journal Nature by an international team of researchers.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0103-carbon.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0103-carbon.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Will carbon credits-for-forests scheme be undermined by carbon negative bioenergy?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Indonesian government has signed an agreement with energy giant Total E&amp;P Indonesia on a carbon capture and storage scheme that could eventually lead to the development of carbon negative bioenergy production in the southeast Asian country, reports Biopact.   The deal raises fears that feedstock for production could lead to large-scale deforestation of the country's remaining forests and undermine efforts to push forest conservation-for-carbon credits (or REDD) initiatives.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1219-carbon_negative.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1219-carbon_negative.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[REDD will fail if needs of forest communities aren't addressed]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Initiatives to reduce emissions by reducing tropical deforestation (REDD) will fail unless policymakers adequately address the underlying drivers of forest degradation and destruction, argues a new report published by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1207-redd.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1207-redd.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch announces carbon credits-for-forest conservation partnership]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch is working with Carbon Conservation, an ecosystem services firms, to explore opportunities in avoided deforestation and integrated sustainable land management.  The partnership was announced Thursday in Bali, Indonesia, where more than 10,000 policymakers, scientists, and activists are meeting to discuss a post-Kyoto framework on limiting climate change.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1206-ml_carbon.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1206-ml_carbon.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Tropical forests face huge threat from industrial agriculture]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[With forest conversion for large-scale agriculture rapidly emerging as a leading driver of tropical deforestation, a new report from the Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) suggests the trend is likely to continue with Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, Peru, and Colombia containing 75 percent of the world's forested land that is highly suitable for industrial agriculture expansion.  Nevertheless the study identifies forests that may be best suited (low population density, unsuitable climate and soils) for "Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation" (REDD) initiatives which compensate countries for preserving forest lands in exchange for carbon credits.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1205-crop_suitability.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1205-crop_suitability.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Amazon deforestation could be eliminated with carbon priced at $3]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Amazon rainforest could play a major part in reducing greenhouse gas emissions that result from deforestation, reports a new study published by scientists at the Woods Hole Research Center, the Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia, and the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.  At a carbon price of $3 per ton, protecting the Amazon for its carbon value could outweigh the opportunity costs of forgoing logging, cattle ranching, and soy expansion in the region.  2008 certified emission-reduction credits for carbon currently trade at more than $90 per ton ($25 per ton of CO2).]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1204-amazon_whrc.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1204-amazon_whrc.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Returns from carbon offsets could beat palm oil in Congo DRC]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A proposal to pay the Democratic of Congo (DRC) for reducing deforestation could add 15-50 percent to the amount of international aid given to the warn-torn country, reports a new study published by scientists at the Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC).  The funds would help alleviate rural poverty while cutting emissions of greenhouse gases and protecting threatened biodiversity.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1204-congo_whrc.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1204-congo_whrc.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Forest carbon does not fully offset fossil carbon]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As policymakers meet in Bali, Indonesia to discuss various mechanisms for mitigating greenhouse emissions, a tropical ecologist from Sri Lanka warns that one ton of forest carbon is not equal to one ton of fossil carbon when it comes to using offsets to fight global warming. The implications: considerably larger forest areas (preferably old growth since it has higher carbon values than plantations) would need to be protected and reforested than are presently anticipated by most policymakers.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1203-carbon.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1203-carbon.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[European Union forests expanding, absorbing carbon rapidly]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[European Union countries likely require an old ally -- Mother Nature and her forests -- to meet an ambitious post-Kyoto goal for cutting greenhouse gas emissions 20% by 2020, according to new research.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1129-europe.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1129-europe.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Could the carbon market save the Amazon rainforest?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The global carbon market could play a key role in saving the Amazon from the effects of climate change and economic development, which could otherwise trigger dramatic ecological changes, reports a new paper published in Science. The authors argue that a well-articulated plan, financed by carbon markets, could prevent the worst outcomes for the Amazon forest while generating economic benefits for the region's inhabitants.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1129-amazon.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1129-amazon.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[New research discredits a $100 billion geoengineering fix to global warming]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists have revealed an important discovery that raises doubts concerning the viability of plans to fertilize the ocean to solve global warming, a projected $100 billion venture.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1129-algae.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1129-algae.html</guid>
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