Category Archives: Development issues
Bobby say “Reforestation can’t offset massive fossil fuels emissions”
On December 13, 2013, Bobbie Edwards published the following article on Mongabay. It’s nothing new but posted up to a forestry discussion site, provoked the discourse that made up my previous posting/chapter. It echoes much of what’s been said previously … Continue reading
More trees, please………
This is like proceedings of a select international conference and is a follow up to the series of articles which arose in similar circumstances two years ago. It’s a global sampler of interested and interesting participants, responding to an article … Continue reading
Michael’s Moot, an extraordinary meeting – honest, constructive and so much cheaper than Doha
OK, OK, OK, I must write up the minutes of this gathering. In fact, I will call it a moot – Michael’s Moot. He called it to discuss the ongoing deterioration in the global forest and the eminent failure of … Continue reading
REDD it again – cant see the wood, cant see the trees….
Further unexpurgated sage remarks drawn down from Linkdin. I’m treating it a bit like attending a conference on the crisis. I am the self appointed minuting secretary – though it also feels a bit like running an illicit still and … Continue reading
Can I call it CEL?
Carbon too cheap to sell!! Well I read and digested the preceding discussion and tried to extract its pointers, its drift. There were a number of strands, as Javier de Vicente remarked, and an air of confusion but the essence … Continue reading
“Carbon is at a historic low”
OK, this is essentially just raw conversation, drawn down from Linkedin. I’ve just done a scant edit for flow and added references to clarify terminology. Chat’s still ongoing – I’ve not joined in yet! But it’s skirting around a lot … Continue reading
Biodiversity? Who needs it?
Give something a name and it is almost at once compromised. This is an interesting exercise to observe as differing understandings are applied to the new entity. In a short time someone’s really good idea can be wholly or partially … Continue reading
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries, REDD, +. Plus what?
I’m sorry. Truly, I’m sorry. But I cannot help being caught outside the Loops. They all seem, dare I say it, loopy. It’s always “us and them” and I’m caught being outside of both. Countless thousands of humans from all … Continue reading
RTeasing but it’s no joke
We seem to be at the same point economically as about two years ago, with so many official, governmental, institutional pundits forcing their features into a smile and saying that, yes, we do seem to be coming out from what … Continue reading
I just entered to win a trip to Brazil for UNEP’s World Environment Day 2012. Read my blog post and discover how the Green Economy includes you.”
The task, set by the World Environment Day, a UNEP, United Nations Environment Programme project, with “environment for development” as its underscore line, is: “Write a compelling blog post about the Green Economy and how you/we are a part of … Continue reading
Five Trillion Trees 