Category Archives: Climate Change
Beijing to host first APEC forestry ministerial meeting
Beijing is to host the first ministerial meeting on forestry for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) region. As part of its involvement in the 2011 International Year of the Forests, the APEC region is holding the event on 6-8 September, … Continue reading
Halfway to Cancun
Halfway through 2010 and Copenhagen seems a lifetime away, while Cancun is only around the corner. Despite popular media claims Copenhagen wasn’t such a total disaster as it is now portrayed. The credit for this must go to the BASIC … Continue reading
Ecotrust Announces First Carbon Offset Project
Under the Voluntary Carbon Standard the US environmental consultancy Ecotrust has won approval for the first carbon offset project methodology in improved forest management (IFM). Following the widening of the international REDD initiative on deforestation to include forest restoration and … Continue reading
Greens Propose a Workable Carbon Tax
The Australian Prime Minister has confirmed that he has dropped his emissions trading scheme until at least 2013. In response to this Brad Page, chief executive of the Electricity Supply Association of Australia had this to say: “Neither side of … Continue reading
IU students, volunteers, plant trees to celebrate Tree Campus USA success
To celebrate the impact Tree Campus USA is having on college campuses across the United States in its second year, the Arbor Day Foundation and Toyota teamed up today (April 30) with students and volunteers from Indiana University Bloomington to … Continue reading
India Closes Its Forests to Mining
This week the Financial Times reported that due to the environmental concerns surrounding forestry areas the Indian government is set to prevent mining firms from tapping 35% of the country’s coal reserves. The report said that the decision to ensure … Continue reading
