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Panama rainforest tribes settle dispute over UN REDD scheme
2013-12-15 20:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Panamas government has resolved a bitter dispute over the alleged violation of indigenous peoples human rights, reviving a forest preservation scheme that was forcibly suspended earlier this year. The country`s US$5.8 million scheme to protect its forests can now resume, safeguarding one of the nation`s most valuable assets, which have steadily declined over the century. In 2010, Panama`s rainforests covered approximately 45% of the country, or 3,364,591 hectares, down from 70% cover in 1947....
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Siemens Rail Automation Supports Whitby Heritage Scheme
2013-12-12 16:40:00| Railway Technology
Following the contract award in October, Siemens Rail Automation is now working in close partnership with North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) to deliver upgrades to Whitby station.
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GERMANY: Delivery firm Hermes backs African cotton scheme
2013-12-12 14:32:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The Hermes Logistik Gruppe Germany (HLGD) has become a partner of the Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) initiative.
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Guangdong may withhold free permits in China's 4th emissions scheme: sources
2013-12-12 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China's Guangdong province has warned emitters that unless they bid for carbon permits in government auctions at a regulated minimum price, they will not receive any free permits under the nation's fourth emissions trading scheme, sources said. China, the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, is launching seven pilot carbon markets ahead of a nationwide scheme later this decade as a key measure to cut its emissions per unit of GDP to 40-45 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. Emissions...
US bank wants 'Bitcoin-like' scheme
2013-12-10 21:39:12| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
US bank JP Morgan Chase files for a US patent to develop a payment system using "virtual cash", similar to emerging currency Bitcoin.
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