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A mecca for rewilders: the community-led project restoring Scotland’s southern uplands

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-03-21 05:38

Established 24 years ago, the Carrifran Wildwood has been credited with inspiring the current surge of rewilding projects across the UK and beyond

About 6,000 years ago, most of southern Scotland was covered by broadleaf woodland, interspersed with patches of rich scrub, heath and bog. In stark contrast, the landscape today is dominated by close-cropped, severely nature-depleted hills, punctuated by sharp-edged blocks of non-native spruce plantation.

Now, thanks to the Carrifran Wildwood, one of the UK’s first community-led rewilding projects, patches of habitat resembling Scotland’s primeval forest are staging a comeback.

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LEAK: Global carbon price for shipping still on the table at IMO meeting

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-03-21 05:21
The UN’s international shipping body has drawn up a legal framework for decarbonisation measures which includes a carbon pricing mechanism, according to a draft text seen by Carbon Pulse on Thursday, despite fears by some delegates that this option could still be removed.
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US market watchdog to soon finalise voluntary carbon credit trading guidelines

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-03-21 05:08
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is targetting this summer for a final version of its voluntary carbon guidelines, encouraging the public to report instances of fraud and manipulation as part of the agency’s efforts to support market credibility.
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‘How long before climate change will destroy the Earth?’: research reveals what Australian kids want to know about our warming world

The Conversation - Thu, 2024-03-21 05:04
The result shows climate change education in schools must become more holistic and empowering, and children should be allowed to shape the future they will inherit. Chloe Lucas, Lecturer and Research Fellow, School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences. Coordinator, Education for Sustainability Tasmania, University of Tasmania Charlotte Earl-Jones, PhD Candidate, University of Tasmania Gabi Mocatta, Research Fellow in Climate Change Communication, Climate Futures Program, University of Tasmania, and Lecturer in Communication, Deakin University Gretta Pecl, Professor, at IMAS and Director of the Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania Kim Beasy, Senior Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy, University of Tasmania Rachel Kelly, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Future Ocean and Coastal Infrastructures (FOCI) Consortium, Memorial University, Canada, and Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Tasmania’s tall eucalypt forests will be wiped out by heatwaves unless we step in to help them

The Conversation - Thu, 2024-03-21 05:03
Our tallest trees are world champions when it comes to capturing and storing carbon, but they don’t like the heat. Climate change will trigger mass tree deaths in Tasmania. Here’s what can be done. Tim Wardlaw, Research Associate, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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We need faster, better ways to monitor NZ’s declining river health – using environmental DNA can help

The Conversation - Thu, 2024-03-21 05:03
Monitoring methods based on environmental DNA are faster, more comprehensive and cheaper than traditional ecological surveys. They help fill gaps in New Zealand’s data on river health. Michael Bunce, Honarary Professor in Environmental Genomics, University of Otago Simon Jarman, Professor of Environmental Genomics, Curtin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Poland's 'Heart of the Garden' named tree of 2024

BBC - Thu, 2024-03-21 05:00
A monumental Polish beech has been crowned European Tree of the Year 2024.
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California, Quebec agree to explore carbon market linkage with Washington state

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-03-21 04:40
WCI partners California and Quebec on Wednesday confirmed their interest in potentially extending their carbon market alliance to Washington, despite the voter-led ballot initiative that could upend the Evergreen State's cap-and-invest scheme.
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FEATURE: EU CBAM importers risk having to pay large penalties due to suppliers denying data access

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-03-21 04:06
EU importers of goods that fall under the bloc's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) may face hefty penalties this year due to international suppliers refusing to provide them with data on their embedded emissions, which importers need to comply with the new mechanism, experts have told Carbon Pulse.
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Scientists find skull of enormous ancient dolphin in Amazon

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-03-21 04:00

Fossil of giant river dolphin found in Peru, whose closest living relation is in South Asia, gives clues to future extinction threats

Scientists have discovered the fossilised skull of a giant river dolphin, from a species thought to have fled the ocean and sought refuge in Peru’s Amazonian rivers 16m years ago. The extinct species would have measured up to 3.5 metres long, making it the largest river dolphin ever found.

The discovery of this new species, Pebanista yacuruna, highlights the looming risks to the world’s remaining river dolphins, all of which face similar extinction threats in the next 20 to 40 years, according to the lead author of new research published in Science Advances today. Aldo Benites-Palomino said it belonged to the Platanistoidea family of dolphins commonly found in oceans between 24m and 16m years ago.

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“No peace” for EU nature law as environment ministers meet next week

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-03-21 03:49
Further struggles await a law aiming to enshrine the target to restore at least 20% of the EU land and sea areas by 2030, with some of the bloc's 27 environmental ministers announcing their intention to halt the process next week.
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Scotland lacks credible plan to meet ambitious 2030 climate goal, warn govt advisors

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-03-21 03:11
Scotland’s flagship 2030 climate goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 75% compared to 1990 is no longer credible, the independent Committee on Climate Change (CCC) warned on Wednesday.
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UK company launches biodiversity net gain project with cattle farming

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-03-21 02:59
A project for generating biodiversity net gain (BNG) units while farming organic cattle in south England has been announced by nature restoration company Restore.
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Countries to talk about climate pledges, finance ahead of COP29

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-03-21 02:57
The run-up to November's COP29 climate summit kicks off this week, with around 40 climate ministers and leaders meeting in Denmark to talk about the two key issues on the table for Azerbaijan: strengthened climate pledges and more finance.
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Campaigners win lawsuit against airline’s carbon offsetting claims

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-03-21 02:23
A court in the Netherlands has ruled that climate claims, including use of voluntary carbon credits, made by a European air carrier constituted greenwashing, in a decision that could set a legal precedent for wider offset use in international aviation.
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Transport to make ‘almost half’ of Europe’s emissions in 2030 -report

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-03-21 02:16
Transport alone is set to make up nearly half of Europe’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2030, according to fresh data published on Wednesday.
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Endangered pygmy hippo born at Athens zoo – video

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-03-21 01:27

For the first time in 10 years, a baby pygmy hippo has been born at Attica Zoological Park. Zoo staff said they were thrilled to welcome the birth as a lack of male pygmy hippos in captivity made breeding efforts complicated. The rare male calf was born on 19 February and joins his parents, Lizzie and Jamal, as the only pygmy hippos at the zoo. Native to western Africa, pygmy hippos are listed as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature

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Price crash wipes $5 bln off the value of surplus voluntary carbon credits

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-03-21 01:26
The crash in prices since January 2022 has wiped $5 billion off the value of available credits in the voluntary carbon market, but the surplus today is still worth $4.7 bln, finds a new report.
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