Between 2004 and 2012, deforestation rates fell in Brazil. Dramatically. But then in 2013, the rate increased by 29%. And in August and September this year, the rate shot up by 190% compared to the same period last year.
Pinnacle Green Resources’ plans for Guyana: Green development or a land grab?
A company called Pinnacle Green Resources (Guyana) Limited is planning to develop bioenergy plantations and a biomass plant in Guyana. Is this green development? Or a land grab?
Can REDD save the Areng Valley in Cambodia?
The Areng Valley in southwest Cambodia has been home to the Chong indigenous people for more than 600 years. The area is also home to elephants, pileated gibbons, clouded leopards, and is one of the most important breeding sites for the endangered Siamese crocodile. But a proposed dam threatens the river, the forests and its…
UPDATE: Indonesia’s new president Jokowi merges Environment and Forestry Ministries
On 20 October 2014, Indonesia inaugurated its new president: Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. The following day, Jokowi wrote to the House of Representatives with a list of proposed changes to ministries. Jokowi is proposing merging the Environment Ministry and the Forestry Ministry.
A “High-Level Carbon Pricing Dialogue”. Or why polluting industry likes carbon trading
Carbon markets are struggling. There is a huge glut of carbon credits and pollution allowances. Carbon credits created under the clean development mechanism are trading at €0.07 on the EU emissions trading system (ETS).