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Thinking Big About Forest Carbon
Environment 
Ben
- conservation.org
Protecting Forests at Scale. The destruction of tropical forests currently accounts for 17 percent of global carbon emissions, more than all the world's cars, trucks, ships, trains and planes combined. The United Nations Framework Convention...
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Guyana; Hope for the Future?
Society & Culture
Ben
- conservation.org
Thanks to Guyana's sparse population (fewer than one million people), the country's lush tropical rainforests and highlands have been largely untouched. Other than significant but scattered indigenous groups, the majority of Guyanese live...
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Guyana: World's First Conservation Concession.
Balancing the Needs of People and Nature
Saving biodiversity is a complex business. But sometimes, conservation solutions are beautifully simple. Take the "conservation concession," an approach pioneered by CI with the government of Guyana. Instead of leasing the land to a logging company, Guyana is leasing 200,000 acres (81,000 hectares) to CI for conservation.
The concession – the world's first – was established in Guyana’s Upper Essequibo region in July 2002. "It puts conservation on equal footing with extractive industry, so that the government and people of Guyana don’t have to choose between conservation and economic development," says Dr. Dick Rice, CI's chief economist and architect of the concession. "With total annual costs of less than $100,000 per year, it is a great bargain, given the importance of the area for both biodiversity and people."
The project is located deep in the Amazon wilderness, in the watershed of Guyana’s largest river, the Essequibo. These are no ordinary waters.
"The aquatic ecosystems of the Upper Essequibo Conservation Concession (UECC) are one of the most pristine, if not the most pristine, on the planet," concluded scientist Dr. Philip Willink, of The Field Museum in Chicago, after a 2007 survey.
This abundance of healthy fresh water supports an amazing diversity of species: 1,500 plants, 200 mammals, and 500 birds are found in the vicinity – as many bird species as are found in all of North America.
The Macushi and Wapishana indigenous groups depend on the area’s natural resources, and communities near the concession – in Apoteri, Rewa, and Crashwater – helped to demarcate boundaries to ensure that the UECC would not conflict with traditional claims.
http://www.conservation.org/FMG/Articles/Pages/guyana_
conservation_concession.aspx
Guyana: World's First Conservation Concession.
Balancing the Needs of People and Nature
Saving biodiversity is a complex business. But sometimes, conservation solutions are beautifully simple. Take the "conservation concession," an approach pioneered by CI with the government of Guyana. Instead of leasing the land to a logging company, Guyana is leasing 200,000 acres (81,000 hectares) to CI for conservation.
The concession – the world's first – was established in Guyana’s Upper Essequibo region in July 2002. "It puts conservation on equal footing with extractive industry, so that the government and people of Guyana don’t have to choose between conservation and economic development," says Dr. Dick Rice, CI's chief economist and architect of the concession. "With total annual costs of less than $100,000 per year, it is a great bargain, given the importance of the area for both biodiversity and people."
The project is located deep in the Amazon wilderness, in the watershed of Guyana’s largest river, the Essequibo. These are no ordinary waters.
"The aquatic ecosystems of the Upper Essequibo Conservation Concession (UECC) are one of the most pristine, if not the most pristine, on the planet," concluded scientist Dr. Philip Willink, of The Field Museum in Chicago, after a 2007 survey.
This abundance of healthy fresh water supports an amazing diversity of species: 1,500 plants, 200 mammals, and 500 birds are found in the vicinity – as many bird species as are found in all of North America.
The Macushi and Wapishana indigenous groups depend on the area’s natural resources, and communities near the concession – in Apoteri, Rewa, and Crashwater – helped to demarcate boundaries to ensure that the UECC would not conflict with traditional claims.
http://www.conservation.org/FMG/Articles/Pages/guyana_
conservation_concession.aspx
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Top 10 Solar Technologies
to Watch Out For
Science & Tech
Ben
- cleantechnica.com
Solar power technology is moving forward by leaps and bounds, with some new advancements being built out into usable installations virtually every day. Design concepts once thought to be 'pie in the sky' ideas are being implemented, and making a simple...
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Trains in Spain Signal the Future
Science & Tech
Ben
- news.bbc.co.uk
The 0830 service from Madrid to Barcelona departs promptly and without fuss. The trip, of 600km (385 miles) used to take four-and-a-half hours. But starting in February 2008, the journey time was slashed to a little over two-and-a-half hours...
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Amazon Deforestation
Drops 46% In One Year
Environment
Ben
- treehugger.com
Despite the fact that logging rates in the Amazon skyrocketed in June, the figures put out by the Deforestation Detection in Real Time (DETER) and the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) say that it looks like 2008-2009 was a great year...
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Green News II
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Science & Tech
Ben
- passivehouse.us
The Passive House concept represents today's highest energy standard with the promise of slashing the heating energy consumption of buildings by an amazing 90%. Widespread application of the Passive House design would have a dramatic impact on energy...
