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Nuevo informe: Desmonte ilegal para agricultura comercial responsable de la mitad de la deforestación en los trópicos

Nota del Editor: El informe completo, así como los materiales complementarios están disponibles en: https://www.forest-trends.org/publications/consumer-goods-and-deforestation/ WASHINGTON, DC (11 de septiembre de 2014). Un nuevo análisis exhaustivo publicado hoy informa que casi la mitad (49%) del total de la deforestación reciente en los trópicos es el resultado del desmonte ilegal para agricultura comercial. El estudio también […]

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Nouveau rapport : le défrichement illégal pour l’agriculture commerciale est responsable de la moitié de la déforestation dans les zones tropicales

SOUS EMBARGO JUSQU’AU 10 SEPTEMBRE 2014 À 20 : 01 EDT/ 11 SEPTEMBRE 2014 À 00:01 GMT Note de la rédaction : le rapport complet et des documents supplémentaires sont disponibles à: https://www.forest-trends.org/publications/consumer-goods-and-deforestation/ WASHINGTON, DC (11 septembre 2014) —Une nouvelle étude détaillée publiée aujourd’hui indique que près de la moitié (49%) de la déforestation récente […]

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New Report: Illegal Land Clearing for Commercial Agriculture Responsible for Half of Tropical Deforestation

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE UNTIL 10 SEPTEMBER 2014 AT 20:01 EDT/ 11 SEPTEMBER 2014 AT 00:01 GMT Editor’s Note: The full report as well as supplementary materials are available at https://www.forest-trends.org/publications/consumer-goods-and-deforestation/ WASHINGTON, DC (11 September 2014)—A comprehensive new analysis released today says that nearly half (49%) of all recent tropical deforestation is the result of illegal […]

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New Report: In 2013, $12.3B Flowed to Natural Solutions to the Global Water Crisis

2 September 2014 | Washington, D.C. | Last year, governments and companies invested $12.3 billion (B) in initiatives implementing nature-based solutions to sustain the world’s clean water supplies. According to a new report from Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace, this funding – which supports healthy watersheds that naturally filter water, absorb storm surge, and perform other […]

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Corporate Buyers Stick with Voluntary Carbon Offsetting in Transitional Year

28 May 2014 | Washington, D.C. | In a bid to reduce their contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions, corporate leaders like Chevrolet, Marks & Spencer, and Allianz continued to voluntarily purchase carbon offsets in 2013, locking 76 million metric tonnes of greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere, according to the annual State of the […]

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Report Charts 26.5 Million ha under Protection as Demand Grows for Forest Carbon Offsets

6 November 2013 | Washington, D.C. | Carbon finance is supporting the management of forests spanning 26.5 million hectares worldwide after businesses in 2012 injected a near-record $216 million into projects that plant trees, avoid deforestation, improve forest management, and support low-carbon agriculture. These projects, a key defense against the ecological and socio-economic impacts of […]

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PRESS RELEASE: USAID AND FOREST TRENDS TO SUPPORT INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN REDUCING DEFORESTATION

3 October 2013 | WASHINGTON, D.C. | The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a $13 million grant to Forest Trends and its Forest-Based Livelihoods Consortium to strengthen the role of indigenous and historically marginalized forest communities in combatting climate change. The program, known as “Accelerating Inclusion and Mitigating Emissions” (AIME), seeks […]

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Perú toma el liderazgo en el mercado global de créditos de carbono; bosques y estufas limpias atraen interés de corporaciones privadas alrededor del mundo

LIMA—(15 Julio 2013). Perú está ganando gran importancia global, así como otros países de Latinoamérica, en los esfuerzos para usar las fuerzas del mercado para enfrentar el cambio climático. En el 2012, compañías privadas en Estados Unidos y Europa compraron alrededor de 3.4 millones de toneladas métricas de compensaciones de carbono, provenientes de los proyectos […]

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Embargoed: Voluntary Carbon Offsetting Tops 100 Million Tonnes as Market Goes “Clean and Green”

30 May 2013 | Washington, D.C. | Voluntary demand for carbon offsetting grew 6% in 2012, when buyers committed more than $522 million to offset 101 million metric tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. Private sector buyers flocked to offsets earned by planting trees, saving tropical forests, or distributing clean cookstoves in the developing world, according […]

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Embargoed: Forest Carbon Prices Doubled in Record-Setting 2011

2 November 2012 | Washington, D.C. | The price of forest carbon credits doubled in 2011, leading to a record market value of $237 million according to Leveraging the Landscape: State of the Forest Carbon Markets 2012. The report, which aggregates data from 451 individual forest carbon projects historically, was published Thursday by Forest Trends’ […]

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