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How Blockchain Could Help To Protect The World’s Forests

October 22, 20186 years ago The Beam 0 Comments

Imagine a world where every purchase has an associated carbon price, which is offset by REDD+ projects. Each tonne of carbon saved through REDD+ projects could be registered on the blockchain, and tracked by people offsetting their purchases. The technology could in theory, remove the complexities associated with polycentric governance, and allow forest owners to claim a larger share of the benefit for protecting their forests, by interacting peer-to-peer with the consumers making purchases.

US Cities Are Losing Millions Of Trees Each Year

May 22, 20186 years ago Nexus Media 0 Comments

New research suggests that American cities and their surrounding areas have been losing as many as 36 million trees a year. That might not sound like a lot when you think about the number of trees in our nation’s forests, but those trees have a powerful impact on health and well-being — and on climate change.

IKEA Group Acquires 25,000 Acre Forest In Alabama

February 13, 20186 years ago Guest Contributor 0 Comments

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. — IKEA Group (Ingka Holding B.V. and its controlled entities) acquired its first U.S. forest property, covering approximately 25,000 acres in Lowndes County, Alabama. The investment in forestry is part of a broader strategy to invest in the sustainable production of resources that IKEA Group consumes directly, such as energy, or … [continued]

New Analysis Finds Conserving Forests Could Cut Carbon Emissions As Much As Getting Rid Of…

November 27, 20176 years ago Guest Contributor 0 Comments

New analysis from The Nature Conservancy, WRI and others estimates that stopping deforestation, restoring forests and improving forestry practices could cost-effectively remove 7 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide annually, or as much as eliminating 1.5 billion cars—more than all of the cars in the world today!

The World’s Efforts To Restore The World’s Forests

November 13, 20176 years ago Alex Cocan 0 Comments

It is estimated that since the advent of the agricultural revolution Earth lost approximately half of its trees, and according to a recent survey as reported by Nature (the magazine), earth currently has only about three trillion trees.

Forest Bioenergy Defined As Carbon Neutral By Federal Amendment

March 7, 20168 years ago Jake Richardson 27 Comments

An amendment to the Energy Modernization Act of 2015 introduced by U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a Republican from Maine, says that forest bioenergy is carbon neutral and recognizes biomass as a form of renewable energy. The idea behind it seems to be that wood can be burned from forests because although … [continued]

EU Calls For Legally Binding Emissions Cuts At Lima COP20

December 3, 20149 years ago sandydec 12 Comments

For a quick summary of the progress of world negotiations on climate change so far, the Climate Group has produced a simple but expressive infographic (below is part of it, click to enlarge). At Tuesday’s Lima COP20 meeting, the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action … [continued]

Key Players Open Lima COP20 UN Climate Change Talks (VIDEO)

December 2, 20149 years ago sandydec 1 Comment

If you’ve been following the news, you probably know that the UN’s annual mega-conference to address climate change—officially, the 20th Conference of the Parties (COP20) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change—started in Lima, Peru, yesterday morning, 1 December 2014. (For more information on the runup to the … [continued]

Real Solar Breakthrough Could Clean Panels With Less Water

December 10, 200914 years ago susan 4 Comments

Solar power is one of the solutions to stop climate change; by ending fossil fuel use, yet ironically, is itself constrained by climate change that is creating increasing desertification. Water is most scarce in the desert; What’s more: it’s getting worse throughout the Southwest, including California, right where insolation is best for maximum solar yield.

Scientists Say Forests Are a Possible Carbon Storage Solution

September 8, 200816 years ago arielschwartz 11 Comments

Maybe one of the best things we can do it offset our CO2 is also one of the simplest: stop cutting down trees. In a recent issue of Bioscience, Ohio State University Professor Peter Curtis wrote that carbon storage in Midwestern forests could offset greenhouse gas emissions from two-thirds of … [continued]