Digital asset fund secures $100 mln to advance Amazon protection
An infrastructure investment fund has pledged $100 million to a digital asset security investment platform to scale financing towards conservation in the Amazon.
Read MoreLATAM Roundup: How to indigenise Brazilian carbon markets
In a globalised voluntary carbon market with standards, developers, and validation and verification bodies often based in the Global North, Brazilian entities moved last week to ‘indigenise’ carbon markets – bringing them under the control of local peoples and the federal government.
Read MoreUp to 2.6 MtCO2 emitted due to gold mining in Peruvian peatlands -study
An academic study published this week has found that gold mining in the southern Peruvian Amazon has compromised not only forests, but peatlands – releasing an additional 2.6 million tonnes CO2 into the atmosphere, with the potential to emit much more.
Read MoreDrop in Brazilian sugarcane harvest to tighten market for biofuels carbon credits
Anticipated sugarcane crop failures for the 2025-26 harvest are expected to tighten the supply of ‘CBIO’ carbon credits within Brazil’s RenovaBio biofuels scheme.
Read MoreMultinational developer tours Brazilian state to identify promising carbon projects
A Brazil-based multinational that offers integrated solutions for sustainability and circular economy initiatives is touring a Brazilian state this week to scope out potential carbon projects.
Read MoreIreland makes €15 mln donation to Brazilian REDD+ fund
Ireland on Wednesday announced a commitment to donate €15 million to the world’s largest initiative to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.
Read MoreChile seeks public input to draft peatland protection regulations
The Chilean Ministry of Environment last week opened its peatlands protection law for public consultation, aiming to produce concrete regulations by 2026, according to the country’s official gazette.
Read MoreUPDATE – Road to Belem: Highway project to COP30 cuts through Amazon, as Brazil’s Atlantic Forest sees “alarming” illegal deforestation
A new 13-km (8-mile) four-lane highway being built through Amazon rainforest on the perimeter of Brazil’s Belem, a throughway reported to be aimed at accommodating visitors for this year’s COP30, is not part of the 33 federal infrastructure projects planned for the climate summit to be held later this year.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Interactive map platform to help decarbonise agribusiness launches
A Swiss startup on Wednesday launched a free web platform that leverages publicly available geospatial data to create interactive, high-resolution maps of land use change emissions factors, aiming to help decarbonise agribusiness in line with GHG Protocol and Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) guidelines.
Read MoreForest non-profit to build capacity for Indigenous-led Brazilian carbon finance strategy
A US-based international forest non-profit has announced a partnership with Brazil’s Ministry of Indigenous Peoples to support conservation, governance, and forest economies in Indigenous lands across Brazil.
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