Developer launches second biodiversity credit project in Colombia amid market flux
Biodiversity credit developer Terrasos will in May officially mark the first issuance from its new Aguadulce Habitat Bank, placing 20,233 Terrasos Biodiversity Units (Tebus) on the market.
Read MoreSeasonal deforestation in Brazilian Amazon up 18% YoY through March -report
Seasonal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is up 18% year-on-year (YoY) through the end of March, according to a report published Friday by a Belem-based scientific research non-profit.
Read MoreColombian industry pushes for bigger private sector role in ETS planning
Colombian businesses are campaigning for a more active role in policy design as they prepare for the delayed launch of an emission trading system (ETS) pilot, according to the leader of an industry alliance speaking Thursday in Bogota at the Colombia Carbon Forum.
Read MoreVenture-backed initiative launches first reforestation project in Brazil
A Brazilian reforestation venture has unveiled its first project with an aim to restore 1,200 hectares of rainforest in the country’s Atlantic Forest with over 70 native tree species, its CEO told Reuters in an interview.
Read MoreBrazil’s $125 bln fund fails to protect tropical forests -report
Brazil’s emergent $125 billion “Tropical Forest Forever Facility” fund, set to be launched at COP30, fails to finance forest preservation actors, environmental advocacy non-profits said in a report Thursday.
Read MoreBioCarbon launches water crediting programme
The BioCarbon environmental standard on Thursday launched a water crediting programme at the Colombia Carbon Forum in Bogota, following a 30-day public consultation.
Read MoreTrade war could shift climate investment to Latin America, Southeast Asia, say analysts
US President Donald Trump’s tariff war could see rapidly expanding climate funds turn their attention to Latin America and Southeast Asia, analysts have predicted.
Read MoreEcoRegistry, Argentine province sign MoU to launch regional biogas standard
Environmental platform EcoRegistry on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an Argentine province on launching a subnational carbon credit standard focused on reducing methane emissions.
Read MoreColombia to issue criteria, not positive list for prospective Article 6 projects
Colombia is not curating a positive list of project types that will be automatically eligible for Article 6 agreements, and will instead issue broader criteria with case-by-case evaluation, according to an official and an external consultant speaking at the Colombia Carbon Forum conference in Bogota on Wednesday.
Read MoreColombian ETS “more or less” on track for H2 pilot -official
Colombia’s long-awaited emissions trading system (ETS) is still slated to launch in a pilot phase this year despite political upheaval, an official told Carbon Pulse on the sidelines of the Colombia Carbon Forum in Bogota Wednesday.
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