Australian carbon, water credit companies collaborate on method stacking trial
Two Australian carbon and water project developers have formalised a partnership and are launching a pilot programme involving stacking credits from their respective activities on top of each other, they announced Friday.
Read MoreLonger reference periods could improve reduced deforestation emissions estimates -study
Longer historical reference periods could improve confidence in estimating emissions reductions from reduced deforestation initiatives, according to new research.
Read MoreVoluntary agricultural standards can support nature positive outcomes -report
Voluntary agricultural standards can support nature positive outcomes, though they differ in how comprehensively they address biodiversity conservation, according to a new International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assessment.
Read MoreSBTN reveals corporations preparing to set updated freshwater targets
Science Based Targets for Nature (SBTN) revealed on Thursday the names of eight corporations around the world that are piloting the second version of its freshwater targets.
Read MoreWealthiest consumers’ environmental damage costs up to $5.7 trillion a year -study
The annual damages to climate and biodiversity caused by consumption of the wealthiest 10% of consumers worldwide is between $1.7 and $5.7 trillion, a study has estimated.
Read MoreFunding for community land rights doubles since forest pledge -report
Annual funding for Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and Afro-descendant Peoples to secure collective land rights has more than doubled following a 2021 forest pact, indicating significant progress in advancing tenure rights, a report said on Wednesday.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: New standard body EE looks to revive REDD market with fresh approach
Few markets have faced as severe a reputational battering as the REDD+ avoided deforestation sector in the last couple of years, but new standard body Equitable Earth (EE) plans to restore faith in saving tropical forestry with a fresh approach that is already set to protect an area the size of Portugal, the chief executive told Carbon Pulse this week.
Read MoreLCAW26: Indonesia’s new carbon registry coming in two weeks -minister
Indonesia is set to launch its carbon credit registry in two weeks, as part of the country’s push to drive finance towards the protection of its vast forests, the country’s forestry minister confirmed during London Climate Action Week on Wednesday.
Read MoreLCAW26: Indonesia launches push for Asia-Pacific biodiversity credit initiative
The Indonesian government has proposed establishing an initiative in the Asia-Pacific to build and scale up biodiversity credits in the region.
Read MoreBorneo project targets August listing for biodiversity, carbon tokens
A project developer has said it will list biodiversity and carbon tokens by August from a project spanning 8.7 million hectares in the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo.
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