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	<title>Forestry Investment Blog &#187; Environment</title>
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		<title>Defra Decides to Ditch Forestry Sell-Off Plans.</title>
		<link>http://www.forestry-invest.com/2011/defra-decides-to-ditch-forestry-sell-off-plans/820</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barnes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Forestry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forestry Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Trust]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UK Government has decided to drop plans to sell-off 40,000 hectares (15%) of Forestry Commission land to allow a review of woodland protection.
The secretary of state Caroline Spelman said it wanted to re-examine the criteria for the sell-off but their other plans to have non-governmental bodies to take on sections of the 258,000 hectare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil Making Use of its Eucalyptus Resources.</title>
		<link>http://www.forestry-invest.com/2011/brazil-making-use-of-its-eucalyptus-resources/812</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barnes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forestry Investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forestry Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forestry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aratu Complex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ArborGen LLC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bahia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dow Chemical Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dow Energy & Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energias Renováveis do Brasil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eucalyptus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South America]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brazil has more than 100 years of Eucalyptus biomass fuel experience, but the Dow Chemical Company will be the first  Brazilian company in the chemical and petrochemical industry to utilise it.
 
The Dow Chemical Company has signed an 18-year supply agreement with Energias Renováveis do Brasil (ERB), where they will invest, install and operate a 13-megawatt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defra Forestry Plans Revealed</title>
		<link>http://www.forestry-invest.com/2011/defra-forestry-plans-revealed/810</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barnes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forestry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forest of Dean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forestry Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Forest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[

 
The UK governement has unveiled its long-awaited plans for the Forestry Commission, proposing to lease woodland to private sector operators and hand over control of England´s heritage forests to charitable trusts.
 
The coalition is already committed to taking 15 percent of the public forest estate out of state control, generating up to £100 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forestry and Climate Change, the Aftermath in Cancún.</title>
		<link>http://www.forestry-invest.com/2010/forestry-and-climate-change-the-aftermath-in-cancun/799</link>
		<comments>http://www.forestry-invest.com/2010/forestry-and-climate-change-the-aftermath-in-cancun/799#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barnes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forestry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cancun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deforestation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greenpeace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lord Stern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[REDD+]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winrock International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WWF]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After last week’s climate change meetings in Cancún, Mexico produced two important developments on forestry, which is a key issue for Indonesia.
Independent research discovered how deforestation is not a major generator of greenhouse gas emissions. Secondly, industrialised countries and the World Wide Federation alongside Greenpeace failed to win an agreement for their proposals that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Eucalyptus Crop and its Benefits.</title>
		<link>http://www.forestry-invest.com/2010/the-eucalyptus-crop-and-its-benefits/797</link>
		<comments>http://www.forestry-invest.com/2010/the-eucalyptus-crop-and-its-benefits/797#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barnes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forestry Investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forestry Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greenwood Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eucalyptus species]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eucalyptus tree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green-energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Willow tree]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the past, agriculture was used exclusively to produce food, but now we are turning to crops as a source for energy use. Nowadays everyone is familiar with the argument s relating to the environment and how the energy we use directly affects are surroundings. People are conscious of the effects of greenhouse gas emissions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Amazon goes on Auction.</title>
		<link>http://www.forestry-invest.com/2010/the-amazon-goes-on-auction/762</link>
		<comments>http://www.forestry-invest.com/2010/the-amazon-goes-on-auction/762#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barnes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forestry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amazon rainforest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antonio Carlos Hummel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brazil’s National Forestry Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal logging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timber]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brazil is to auction large sections of the Amazon forest to private timber companies and co-operatives in an effort to reduce the demand for illegal logging.
Finally, the government is reviewing its concessions for private companies to log its national forest, after years of legal battles and political opposition.
“The future of the Amazon  &#8230;combating deforestation and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ArcelorMittal invests to expand production of charcoal.</title>
		<link>http://www.forestry-invest.com/2010/arcelormittal-invests-to-expand-production-of-charcoal/756</link>
		<comments>http://www.forestry-invest.com/2010/arcelormittal-invests-to-expand-production-of-charcoal/756#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barnes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ArcelorMittal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ArcelorMittal Jequitinhonha & Forests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bio-energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charcoal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elesier Lima Gonçalves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eucalyptus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eucalyptus forests]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ArcelorMittal Bio-energy is responsible for the production and marketing of the renewable commodities such as charcoal, wood, seeds and seedlings from the formation of Eucalyptus forests. From 2011-2016 the firm plans to invest $390 million with the aim to expand the production of charcoal from 2.5 million cubic metres up to 5.2 million m³ by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forestry Sector Gains Momentum in Voluntary Carbon Market.</title>
		<link>http://www.forestry-invest.com/2010/forestry-sector-gains-momentum-in-voluntary-carbon-market/753</link>
		<comments>http://www.forestry-invest.com/2010/forestry-sector-gains-momentum-in-voluntary-carbon-market/753#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barnes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forestry Investment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Carbon Registry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon credits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon offset]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deforestation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finite Carbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forestation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week the first forestry investment was issued credits and in return, voluntary carbon market players could increase demand for carbon credits from the forestry sector.
 
Forestry credits have been eagerly anticipated within the market sector for a long period of time, so this will be a welcomed piece of news
The voluntary carbon market has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Storing Carbon in the Amazon</title>
		<link>http://www.forestry-invest.com/2010/storing-carbon-in-the-amazon/739</link>
		<comments>http://www.forestry-invest.com/2010/storing-carbon-in-the-amazon/739#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barnes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carnegie Institution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lidar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peruvian Amazon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists have reported that on the ground studies combined with airborne laser surveys have been used to verify a map of the Peruvian Amazon that accurately shows how much carbon is stored and released.
 
The research was centered in Peru and should now help kick start schemes that will pay forest rich countries to preserve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>REDD+ Warming Up for Cancun</title>
		<link>http://www.forestry-invest.com/2010/redd-warming-up-for-cancun/728</link>
		<comments>http://www.forestry-invest.com/2010/redd-warming-up-for-cancun/728#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barnes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Centre for International Forestry Research]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Experts have warned against a one size fits all approach when it comes to implementing a new financial mechanism aimed at mitigating climate change from the destruction of tropical forests. They are demanding a more balanced, flexible solution to surround this new mechanism instead. Their main criticism is that the benefiters of this scheme are [...]]]></description>
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