<![CDATA[peatlands news from mongabay.com]]> http://www.mongabay.com en-us Copyright 2006 mongabay.com Sun, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:39 -0800 <![CDATA[Biofuels can reduce emissions, but not when grown in place of rainforests]]> Environmental Research Letters. Analyzing the carbon debt for biofuel crops grown in ecosystems around the world, Holly Gibbs and colleagues report that "while expansion of biofuels into productive tropical ecosystems will always lead to net carbon emissions for decades to centuries... [expansion] into degraded or already cultivated land will provide almost immediate carbon savings." The results suggest that under the right conditions, biofuels could be part of the effort to reduce humanity's carbon footprint.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0722-biofuels.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0722-biofuels.html <![CDATA[Destruction of wetlands worsens global warming]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0720-wetlands.html Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0720-wetlands.html <![CDATA[REDD could trigger bias in conservation funding towards carbon-rich ecosystems]]> Science.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0612-forests_redd.html Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0612-forests_redd.html <![CDATA[Indonesian palm oil firms pledge to stop clearing rainforests]]> The Jakarta Post. The move is a response to growing criticism that oil palm expansion is destroying biologically-rich rainforests and contributing to global warming.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0513-palm_oil.html Tue, 13 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0513-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[Asia Pulp & Paper destroying rare Sumatra forest]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0327-sumatra_road.html Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0327-sumatra_road.html <![CDATA[E.U. may ban palm oil biodiesel]]> The New York Times. Environmentalists say some biofuels like palm oil are driving the destruction of biologically-rich rainforests and may produce more emissions than conventional fossil fuels.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0115-biofuels.html Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0115-biofuels.html <![CDATA[Palm oil is a net source of CO2 emissions when produced on peatlands]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1217-palm_oil.html Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1217-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[10% of global CO2 emissions result from swamp destruction]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1210-peatlands.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1210-peatlands.html <![CDATA[Peatlands restoration is a cheap way to cut CO2 emissions]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1207-peatlands.html Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1207-peatlands.html <![CDATA[Kyoto pact ignores CO2 emissions from biofuels]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1205-palm_oil_peatlands.html Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1205-palm_oil_peatlands.html <![CDATA[Is the oil-palm industry using global warming to mislead the public?]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1123-jakarta_post.html Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1123-jakarta_post.html <![CDATA[Carbon offset returns beat forest conversion for agriculture in Indonesia]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1121-indonesia.html Wed, 21 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1121-indonesia.html <![CDATA[Greenwashing the palm oil industry]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1112-greenpeace.html Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1112-greenpeace.html <![CDATA[Oil palm does not store more carbon than forests]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1108-palm_oil.html Thu, 08 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1108-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[Australia puts $100M toward protecting forest in Borneo]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0909-kalimantan.html Sun, 09 Sep 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0909-kalimantan.html <![CDATA[Investigation finds evidence of Borneo forest clearing for palm oil]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0902-oil_palm.html Sun, 02 Sep 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0902-oil_palm.html <![CDATA[Indonesia's peatlands may offer U.S. firms global warming offsets]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0829-carbon.html Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0829-carbon.html <![CDATA[How private equity can profit from carbon offsets in Indonesia]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0829-indonesia.html Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0829-indonesia.html <![CDATA[Indonesia to push carbon-credits for peatlands conservation]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0827-indonesia.html Mon, 27 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0827-indonesia.html <![CDATA[Could peatlands conservation be more profitable than palm oil?]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0822-indonesia.html Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0822-indonesia.html <![CDATA[Is peat swamp worth more than palm oil plantations?]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0717-indonesia.html Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0717-indonesia.html <![CDATA[Indonesia's peat swamps worth $39B/year]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0711-indonesia.html Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0711-indonesia.html <![CDATA[Indonesia: No more rainforest clearing for palm oil]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0605-indonesia.html Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0605-indonesia.html <![CDATA[Reducing tropical deforestation will help fight global warming]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0510-red.html Thu, 10 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0510-red.html <![CDATA[Peatlands store 100 years of CO2 emissions]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0508-peatlands.html Tue, 08 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0508-peatlands.html <![CDATA[Dutch plan restricts biofuels that damage environment]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0429-dutch.html Sun, 29 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0429-dutch.html <![CDATA[Indonesia is 3rd largest greenhouse gas producer due to deforestation]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0326-indonesia.html Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0326-indonesia.html <![CDATA[Is Indonesia the third largest greenhouse gas polluter?]]> Peatland degradation fuels climate change.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1103-indonesia.html Fri, 03 Nov 2006 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1103-indonesia.html <![CDATA[Methane from peat bogs may worsen global warming]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1012-ucla.html Fri, 13 Oct 2006 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1012-ucla.html <![CDATA[Saving Orangutans in Borneo]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0524-orangutans.html Wed, 24 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0524-orangutans.html <![CDATA[Picture of the world's smallest fish]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0126-smallest_fish.html Thu, 26 Jan 2006 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0126-smallest_fish.html <![CDATA[Carbon in Canada's boreal forest worth $3.7 trillion]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1125-cbi.html Fri, 25 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1125-cbi.html <![CDATA[Fires in peat lands cost climate]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0906-tina_butler.html Tue, 06 Sep 2005 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0906-tina_butler.html <![CDATA[Borneo's peat lands going up in smoke]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0421-tina_butler.html Thu, 21 Apr 2005 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0421-tina_butler.html