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South China Morning Post: Forestry-backed carbon credit trading faces hurdles in Asia despite COP26 pledge by global leaders to halt deforestation, says WWF-Hong Kong
Climate Impact X, Singapore’s voluntary carbon exchange, announced on November 1 that it had completed a pilot auction of 170,000 carbon credits, generated from eight forest conservation and restoration projects in Africa, Asia, and Central and South America.
NBC: What are carbon credits? How fighting climate change became a billion-dollar industry
Companies seeking to offset their greenhouse gas emissions have turned to carbon credits, worrying some environmentalists who say they are doing little to slow climate change.
Innovation Forum: The rise and rise of the voluntary carbon markets
Stephen Donofrio, director of Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace project, and co-author of the State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2021 report, explains to Ian Welsh why the carbon markets are set to exceed $1bn in 2021. He says why he thinks they will continue to grow as companies voluntarily take action to decarbonise their operations […]
El Peruano: Reforestar para prevenir desastres
Muestra Naturaleza que Cuida busca priorizar la recuperación de bosques, pastizales, andenes y amunas.
IISD: Is a Gigaton of Emission Reductions from Forests Possible by 2025?
Achieving the full mitigation and biodiversity potential of forests suffers from a “chicken and egg” problem. On the one hand, companies, enterprises and business corporations need confidence in the supply of high-integrity REDD+ credits will be available at scale. On the other, forest country governments need a signal that sufficient international funding will materialize to […]
Nikkei Asia: Vietnam’s rubber industry faces pressure to meet global standards
Foreign buyers say they are willing to pay for transparency and sustainability
Deforestation-free supply chains in Vietnam rely on working with small scale farmers (commentary)
Almost all of the forest-based commodities produced in Vietnam are destined for other countries, which through their market requirements and laws, have a growing sway on deforestation-related trends and practices; Recent studies have found that nearly 70% of the tropical deforestation related to such commodities between 2013-2019 was illegal; Smallholder farmers play a vital role […]
Por que a Bioeconomia Amazônica é um Caminho para o Brasil
Os sistemas tradicionais na Amazônia baseiam-se na diversidade, não na monocultura. Beneficiam-se da fartura de alimentos oriundos do manejo da floresta, mantendo a paisagem intacta. A Bioeconomia da Amazônia que propomos mimetiza os sistemas tradicionais de manejo com potencial de criar cadeias de fornecimento diversas baseadas na riqueza natural da região.
