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Contradict BC Auditor General
When British Columbia’s Office of the Auditor General dismissed the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s Darkwoods Carbon Project as not being “credible”, ...
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Documents Back Nature Conservancy
Over BC Auditor General On Darkwoods
Two weeks ago, British Columbia’s Auditor General said the Nature Conservancy of Canada had issued bogus carbon credits by exaggerating the ...
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Canadian Carbon Audit Report Delayed Amid Charges Of Bias And Overreach
The Speaker of British Columbia’s Legislative Assembly on Tuesday delayed the release of a "performance audit" on the province’s Carbon-Neutral Government ...
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BC And The Baseline Brouhaha Part One: Dissecting The Darkwoods Documents
British Columbia’s Auditor General says a groundbreaking forest carbon project overestimated the number of trees it saved, while the Verified Carbon ...
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A Critical Moment To Harness Green
Infrastructure To Secure Clean Water
The 18th Katoomba Meeting begins Thursday in Beijing, and will focus on the interaction between forests and water. Todd Gartner of ...
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China Uses Market-Like Mechanisms To
Promote Reforestation Of Sloping Lands
Rapid expansion of agriculture has led to the destruction of forested hills critical for regulating water flows. China’s expansion has been ...
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Katoomba 18 Brings
Water-Energy Nexus To Beijing
A global series of workshops were launched in Bonn, Germany, at the end of 2011 to deliver workable, scalable solutions to ...
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From Kenya To China:
The Spread Of Innovative Water Solutions
The 18th Katoomba meeting opens tomorrow in Beijing and with it a big opportunity for developing nations to share their experiences ...
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Can REDD+ Drive
Change In The DR Congo?
After decades of war, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is struggling to get back on its feet. A new study ...
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NMEBC Video Blog
The Roles of NGOs and Mit Bankers
The National Mitigation Banking Association’s (NMBA) annual meeting is underway in New Orleans, and we’ll be having informal chats with participants ...
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Governments Open Climate Talks With
Urgency To Act On Climate Change
As global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, the latest round of UNFCCC climate talks begin today in Bonn, Germany and ...
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Replicating Policy That Works:
PES In Mexico
Since environmental services' emergence as a concept in 1997, there have been many efforts to internalize the idea and transform theory ...
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New UN Study Aims To Push Sustainable Land Management Into Development Policy
During the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) 2nd Scientific Conference, presenters introduced a new study that examines the economic ...
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Indigenous People Call For
REDD+ Safeguards In
California's Carbon Market
The REDD Offset Working Group or ROW is the group tasked with finding best practices to incorporating REDD+ into California's emerging ...
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Dear President Obama: For Clean Air,
Do We Dial 111, Boxer, Or Waxman?
The EPA is slated to pass regulations on power plants this year under the Clean Air Act, while Senators Boxer and ...
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Banking on Change: Rethinking Wetland
Mitigation in the State of New York
Wetland Mitigation Banking has proven to be one of the most environmentally effective and economically efficient ways of  compensating for wetland ...
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Experts Look Ahead to California REDD
Support for allowing international offset credits based on REDD+ in California’s cap-and-trade program predates the program’s launch. Months after the state’s ...
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Is Wetland Mitigation Unconstitutional?
The Supreme Court recently listened to a case arguing the government is not allowed to require a landowner to use personal ...
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New TEEB Report Integrates
Wetland Value And Economic Policy
A TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) report on water and wetlands that was published this month focuses on the ...
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Soil Carbon Lands Market Opportunities
Through New Offset Methodology
The Verified Carbon Standard recently approved The Earth Partners’ soil carbon methodology for use on agricultural offset projects. The methodology, while ...
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