Former representatives from Brazil’s national development bank (BNDES) and a Sao-Paulo based project developer have launched a conservation company that seeks to generate REDD+ and blue carbon credits from public land.

The developer of a forestry project in Ghana is turning to biochar to help its plantations weather the evermore unpredictable rainy seasons – and intends to sell the biochar credits to balance the cost of producing it.

Failing to kickstart the EU’s anti-deforestation law this year could cause millions of tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, biodiverse habitat destruction, and water cycle disruption, experts told Carbon Pulse.

The European Commission on Thursday released a strategy to scale the bioeconomy, facing concerns that it lacks the ambition needed to reduce pressure on ecosystems.

Better integrating biodiversity co-benefits into carbon markets could increase the demand for credits in agriculture and support the transition to more sustainable practices, according to a study released on Wednesday.

Algae mitigation - Remediation of harmful algal blooms in lakes can significantly mitigate GHG emissions and provide durable carbon storage, according to a new study. The research strengthens the scientific basis for water-based mitigation of these blooms such as that carried out by BlueGreen Water Technologies. It found that treating blooms prevents their decomposition that otherwise releases significant methane and nitrous oxide, and that 23–45% of bloom-derived biomass carbon becomes stabilised in lake sediments for millennia after treatment. BlueGreen estimates its powder for algae self-destruction has the potential to remove 5-15 billion tonnes a year of carbon from fresh water, and 50-100 bln tonnes from the ocean.

There's a growing narrative in the voluntary carbon market that supply is converging around higher and clearer quality standards, regulated schemes, and more focused demand signals - but in reality, with a rising number of crediting bodies, and buyers still reluctant to dive into purchases, the sector may still be fragmenting, according to experts.

The information and communications technology (ICT) arm of Japan's leading telecommunications group is seeking to deepen its involvement in the Article 6 carbon market through a newly built partnership.

Finland could meet its 2035 carbon neutrality target with a mix of nature-based and technological carbon dioxide removals (CDR), but success will hinge on decreased forest harvesting and access to geological storage, according to a new report.

Forestry for the future – The Australian government has designated the forestry sector a priority industry under its Future Made in Australia, it announced on Thursday, backed with a A$300 mln ($196 mln) Forestry Growth Fund. The government will work with the sector to identify net zero pathways as well as on building economic resilience. The cash will be split evenly between concessional finance to modernise processing and grants to support industry growth. This followed the brokering of a deal with the Greens for the party’s support for broader environmental law reforms, which included the phasing out of exemptions from Regional Forestry Agreements.

A US-based nature-based solutions (NbS) company has received funding from tech giant Microsoft to expand its portfolio of peatland carbon removal projects, it said Monday.