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Tag Archives: Climate change

UN REDD+ and the Green Economy

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A new publication by UNEP on developments around REDD+ makes interesting reading. The original Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) proposition emerged from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change […]

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Agro-eco, Biodiversity and carbon, Biodiversity policy, Business and biodiversity, Ecosystem services, News

Indonesia – forest carbon scheme steps up a notch…

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Back in June 2013 I wrote a blog on the Ribma Raya project in a prime area for Orang Utan conservation  in Kalimantan, Indonesia. I reported how through various political machinations […]

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Biodiversity and carbon, Biodiversity policy, Business and biodiversity, News

Storms, Cloudbursts and flooding – learning from Copenhagen

January 22, 2014by Dr Robert Bloomfield Leave a comment

In Denmark the State of Green reports on how city of Copenhagen is rethinking its strategy to sudden storms and the increased risk of flooding exacerbated by the impact of climate […]

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Biodiversity policy, Green intrastructure

Come Big Freeze or Heat Wave

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Extremes of weather should not be just boom-days for energy company’s profits. Energy companies including British Gas and Centrica have reporting significant profits explained in part by the cold weather […]

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Biodiversity and carbon, Biodiversity policy, Green intrastructure

Perseverance pays: Rimba Raya certified as the world’s largest REDD project

June 13, 2013by Dr Robert Bloomfield 2 Comments

Back in 2010 the UN Convention on Biological Diversity made much in its Aichi Targets for the decade of developing ‘novel-funding mechanisms’ to support conservation efforts. One approach had been […]

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Biodiversity and carbon, Biodiversity offsetting, Biodiversity policy, Business and biodiversity, News

On the Origin of Environmentalism by means of Biological Diversity

April 20, 2013by Dr Robert Bloomfield Leave a comment

  A hundred years after his death Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) is usually remembered, if at all, as the other person who alongside Darwin discovered evolution’s mechanism Natural Selection. The truth […]

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Ecosystem services, Engagement, Science

Biodiversity loss needs an internationally agreed rescue plan

February 3, 2013by Dr Robert Bloomfield Leave a comment

Governments have to stop thinking about biodiversity protection as loss but as an investment to ensure long-term stability Robert Bloomfield First printed in the Guardian Newspaper, Wednesday 29 September 2010 In […]

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Biodiversity policy, Engagement, News
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Why biodiversity loss and climate change are equal threats

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Our biggest ally will be lost if we do not protect and enhance biodiversity in forests and other systems Robert Bloomfield First printed in the Guardian Newspaper, Sunday 26 December […]

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Biodiversity policy, Engagement, News

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