Researchers urge revised carbon crediting methods to better protect high-risk forest areas
Researchers this week raised concerns about the efficacy of current carbon crediting methods for high-forest, low-deforestation (HFLD) jurisdictions, suggesting that a shift towards more predictive models is necessary to better safeguard these critical forested areas.
Read MoreFormer Gabon environment minister beefs up board of CTrees
Lee White, the former environment minister of Gabon in central Africa who was briefly placed under house arrest in August last year amid a miliary coup, has been appointed to the board of directors of CTrees.
Read MoreForest biodiversity unit pilot launches in Congo
A pilot in the Republic of Congo that aims to generate climate and biodiversity units under the High Integrity Forest Investment Initiative (HIFOR) has been launched by a US-based NGO.
Read MoreEthiopia moves to develop national carbon market strategy
Ethiopia’s planning and development ministry, working with a UN capacity-building programme, is looking to craft a comprehensive framework for international carbon markets engagement, including participation in Article 6 carbon trading under the Paris Agreement.
Read MoreMozambique govt awards licence to UAE developer for massive blue carbon project
Mozambique’s Ministry of Land and Environment has given approval to a Dubai-based firm to restore mangroves along the degraded coastline in the Zambezia province of the African nation and generate carbon credits, the developer announced Thursday.
Read MoreEgypt approves local carbon registry, 12 projects for trading
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has approved a domestic standard’s carbon registry and allowed 12 projects from the registry for trading on the national voluntary carbon market (VCM) platform.
Read MoreKorean securities firm secures partnership for international mitigation projects
One of the largest securities firms in South Korea has decided to pursue international emissions reduction projects through a newly established partnership, it announced Wednesday.
Read MoreMalawi has sold fraction of 1.5 mln forest carbon credits generated in past five years, govt says
The government of Malawi has generated 1.5 million carbon credits from forest-based projects and schemes over the past five years, but sold only a small share of these at a little over $1 per tonne, according to government sources quoted in local media.
Read MoreKenyan wind power project embroiled in land dispute, unable to sell carbon credits -media
One of the largest renewable energy projects in Kenya, involved in a land dispute with the local community for about a decade, has been unable to trade carbon credits issued from the project, according to a local media source.
Read MoreBenin project seeks to raise €1.5 mln for cookstoves carbon project
A clean cooking project in Benin has opened a call for crowdfunding, looking to raise €1.5 million for a cookstoves carbon project in the west African country.
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