Strategic enrolment, anticipatory behaviour in JREDD risk undermining fight against mass deforestation, study warns
A new study has raised concerns about the effectiveness of jurisdictional REDD+ (JREDD) programmes, revealing how strategic enrolment decisions and anticipatory behaviour risk undermining efforts to curb deforestation and reduce carbon emissions.
Read MoreBrazil sets 2034 GHG reduction, waste oil targets centred on biofuels -media
Brazil’s National Council for Energy Policy (CNPE), an advisory body to the president, this week approved resolutions in support of targets for biofuels-based greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation and to encourage the use of residual oils and fats in biofuels, according to local media reports.
Read MoreBrazil’s BNDES, Conservation International issue $3.8 mln call for forest restoration
Brazil’s National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) and the NGO Conservation International Brazil have launched the Forest for Well-Being call for proposals, featuring funding of up to R$23 million ($3.8 mln).
Read MoreGoogle-backed rock weathering startup raises $60 mln to scale carbon removal
An enhanced rock weathering startup has raised nearly $60 million and secured around 300,000 tonnes in advanced purchase agreements to scale its carbon removal solution.
Read MoreUPDATE – Brazil ETS gets final presidential approval
Brazil’s long-awaited emissions trading system (SBCE) legislation has been sanctioned by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, appearing in the Official Gazette of the Union (DOU) on Thursday.
Read MoreUS consulting group makes big splash in CDR market with 50k purchase
A US-based consulting group has bought more than 50,000 carbon removal (CDR) credits for delivery over the next two years, it announced Thursday.
Read MoreBrazilian federal police seize $165 mln in assets in crackdown on carbon credit crime -media
Brazil’s Federal Police (PF) on Monday executed arrest warrants and searches in several states, confiscating almost R$1 billion ($165 mln) in assets linked to the illegal sale of carbon credits from federal lands in the Amazon, according to local media sources.
Read MoreRubber tappers issue call for REDD+ carbon proposals in Brazilian state
Two associations of rubber tappers in Rondonia, Brazil have issued a public call for proposals for REDD+ carbon projects within the largest sustainable use protected area in the state.
Read MoreRegenerative agriculture fund reveals long-term target after raising $350 mln
A Latin America-focused regenerative agriculture fund, which will set aside up to a quarter of land for nature, has targeted raising up to $1.5 billion over 10 years after its initial fundraise of $350 million, Carbon Pulse has learned.
Read MoreTen banks fuelling deforestation in Paraguay’s Gran Chaco, NGO finds
Ten financial institutions have invested more than $1.7 billion between 2021 and 2023 in two meatpacking companies allegedly associated with deforestation in Paraguay’s Gran Chaco, according to an NGO investigation.
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