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Scientists design method to improve small landholders’ access to biodiversity credit markets

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-09-02 21:43
Scientists in Australia have developed a biodiversity monitoring method tailored to small landholders seeking to access the voluntary biodiversity credit market.
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China sees first batch of CCER carbon projects open for public comment

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-09-02 21:11
China has listed the first batch of voluntary carbon projects under the national offset programme for public consultation, moving one step closer to the issuance of new credits.
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Australia seeks feedback on Nature Repair Market rules

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-09-02 20:51
The Australian government on Monday launched a one-month consultation on some of the technicalities of its Nature Repair Market (NRM) scheme, including rules around project registration, biodiversity certificates, and the register.
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England landowners given £9bn in environment payments despite decline

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-09-02 20:35

Mandatory reports should be published on how taxpayer’s money is spent on environmental stewardship, says campaigner

Landowners in England have been paid more than £9bn of taxpayer’s money in the past 30 years for environmental benefits, despite the decline in nature that has taken place during that time, data reveals.

Nature campaigner and author Guy Shrubsole, who unearthed the data for his new book The Lie of The Land, said large landowners should be forced to publish regular reports showing how they are stewarding their land for nature and carbon.

The Lie of the Land is published on 12 September by HarperCollins.

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APAC carbon service provider, biodiversity project developer launch hybrid credit solution

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-09-02 19:59
An Australian biodiversity credit provider has partnered with a carbon credit supplier for what they describe as a new environmental impact offering which combines traditional nature-based credits with one square metre of 20-year biodiversity protection.
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Japanese companies partner on Verra-certified forest carbon credits

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-09-02 18:48
Eight Japanese companies have partnered with the government of Hamamatsu City to generate Verified Carbon Standard (VCS)-certified credits using the Improved Forest Management (IFM) methodology, according to a press release.
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Japanese gas firm to invest $25 mln in carbon credit fund, eyes nature-based offsets

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-09-02 18:15
A major gas supplier in Japan has agreed to invest up to $25 million in an international climate fund that seeks to create a pipeline of nature-based carbon credits.
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The race to find out what killed hundreds of pink dolphins in the Amazon – in pictures

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-09-02 18:00

Scientists are trying to establish whether global heating caused the deaths of the rare river dolphins last year, before temperatures start to rise again

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River Story: the life and times of a river over a year – in pictures

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-09-02 17:35

Set near photographer Benjamin Youd’s home in Sussex, River Story looks at the changing seasons and humans’ relationship with water

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PREVIEW: NZU auction a toss-up between declining or partially clearing

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-09-02 17:00
The upcoming New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) auction is unlikely to clear, or if it does, only partially, as participants had mixed views on how this would affect market sentiment.
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Worried about your trees after the windstorms? Here are 7 signs you might be at risk

The Conversation - Mon, 2024-09-02 16:11
As Australia’s south-east states reel from intense winds, many of us wonder if the trees near us are safe. Gregory Moore, Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Why Labour needs to fix British fishing – will it stand by its principles now it is in power? | Charles Clover

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-09-02 16:00

The new government must use its landslide majority to mend the damage to jobs and fish populations caused by neglect

It is a lonely and unglamorous job, being His Majesty’s official opposition, as Labour knows only too well. There were moments when, out of the spotlight, the party’s spokespeople in parliament heroically defended the public interest on some of the most important issues of the day. One example was during the post-Brexit Fisheries Act, where Labour made a formidable case that history has proved right. The question now is whether Labour will use its landslide majority to fix the extraordinary neglect of our marine environment that it previously lacked the votes for.

Back in 2020, when the fisheries bill was making its way through parliament, Labour’s fisheries spokesperson, Luke Pollard, made the case that the prime objective of the bill should be sustainability: there should be a duty on ministers to take the advice of scientists when allocating fishing opportunities so as to avoid overfishing. He also argued that as the right to fish was a public asset, which ministers conceded during the course of the bill, preference should be given to the part of the fleet which had the highest levels of employment and the lowest environmental impact: the smaller boats, whose activities are limited naturally by the weather.

Charles Clover is the co-founder of the Blue Marine Foundation

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Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson says Japan seeking to make an example of him

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-09-02 13:36

In an interview from jail in Greenland with the AFP news agency, the anti-whaling activist said Tokyo has a vendetta against him

Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson has said that authorities in Tokyo are seeking to make an example of him, as he awaits a possible extradition to Japan, while in detention in a Greenland prison.

Speaking to the AFP news agency, the 73-year-old US-Canadian campaigner said his time behind bars has not prevented him from continuing his fight to save whales.

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Australian regulator reduces audit requirements for low risk plantation projects

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-09-02 13:31
Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator has announced it is lowering audit requirements for low-risk, small scale plantation forestry projects.
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