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March 14, 2011
Panelists taking part in an early morning plenary session of IETA's Carbon Forum North America might have been surprised by the high level of attendance at the 8:30 AM session.
August 6, 2010
With the release of a new report by Carbon Positive this week based on a survey of more than 100 developers of Afforestation/Reforestation projects, researcher Eduard Merger uncovers new perspectives and characteristics of the supply side of the forest carbon market and the unrivalled influence that domestic and international climate policy exert on the voluntary market.
November 21, 2008
Few people have influenced the growth of ecosystem markets like New Forests founder David Brand. His career, like the industry he has helped spawn, runs the gamut from forestry to investment, and from government to non-profit to money-making.
June 20, 2008
When not raiding illegal Indonesian logging operations with the Governor of Aceh or hanging ten off the Australian coast, Dorjee Sun is cutting carbon offset deals – among them the world's largest avoided deforestation project to date. The Ecosystem Marketplace talks to one of the environmental movement's true mavericks.
June 6, 2007
For the last fifteen years, Shaun Paul has been connecting local communities to global sources of technology and funding. The Ecosystem Marketplace finds out why the co-founder of EcoLogic Development Fund thinks global environmental solutions must respond to local needs.
November 18, 2006
For years forestry carbon--paying for the carbon sequestered by trees--has been the subject of intense debate among those interested in the world's carbon markets. Critics claim these projects are all about greenwashing, naysayers say they are difficult to monitor and skeptics charge they lead to large plantations of eucalyptus. But, while the debate around forestry carbon rages, a forestry carbon project in Uganda has benefited local communities, local biodiversity and local businesses while, arguably, helping the global climate. The Ecosystem Marketplace profiles Beatrice Ahimbisibwe, one of the program's local participants.
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