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HSBC funds blue carbon projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... take for them to register blue carbon projects, what the economic payoff is going to be, so if you have not very active grazing land or not very productive land, what are the conditions needed to put in place to make sure they're used for blue carbon ...

Pollination harvests blue carbon credits from mangrove project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... a lot of pressure on its mangroves due to deforestation from local harvesting for firewood and construction as well as grazing from feral camels. "In partnership with the provincial government, there has been a huge replanting and reforestation effort ...

New Forests to partner on African forestry strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainable forestry channel. "East Africa has extensive grasslands and plains and natural systems including forest and large grazing areas with massive herds of wildebeest and zebra. There is a history of forestry plantations that can provide local ...

Serving up meat's sustainability risks, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... beef supply chain's impacts on deforestation has significantly impacted countries such as Brazil, both in terms of grazing and in terms of clearing of forest for the purpose of planting soybeans for feed stock. Robeco has not only engaged with individual ...

Australia on global list for deforestation hotspots: WWF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... eastern Australia remains a deforestation front. That will not change until we see rates of destruction go down." Livestock grazing and forestry clearing are the two biggest contributors to deforestation in Eastern Australia, Taylor said. With deforestation ...

Bank, state government become first buyers of Reef Credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... flows on to the Great Barrier Reef by improving gully systems that become degraded through activities related to animal grazing. The second methodology focuses on restoring wetland systems, which play a role in water filtration, increased biodiversity ...

GreenCollar secures funding for Queensland carbon farming projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... 15,000 total carbon credits (ACCUs) estimated to be generated over 5 years Reduction of sediment mobilization from the grazing property to improve the water quality running into the Boondooma Dam, the Burnett River and ultimately, to the Great Barrier ...

Wilderness Society links deforestation to beef production, supply chain risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Wilderness Society said in the report. "Similarly, Australian government data ascribed 72% of national deforestation in 2016 to grazing." The Wilderness Society noted that Australia is among the world's largest beef cattle producers. The national beef ...

Red Meat Advisory Council developing sustainability framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... that produces outcomes rather than than ticking off boxes. [For example], monitoring and change management in areas like grazing best practice - it's become a way of thinking that there is a better way to do ground over management." Bondfield is a Queensland ...

Three new CFI methodologies up for approval

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... environment for approval. Meanwhile, DOIC has also released a methodology proposal for sequestering carbon in soils in grazing systems. "The methodology proposal applies to soil carbon sequestration projects in grazing systems and relies on the direct ...