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From fire breaks to fire hazards: Human activity & climate change transforming world's peatlands
2016-06-27 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: Since the glaciers receded about 12,000 years ago, the humble bog has acted as a storage vault for atmospheric carbon, packed with dead moss and topped by a green layer of living moss that can come back after a burn. The world's bogs hold more carbon than the word's rainforests, and Canada is home to about 185 billion tonnes of increasingly vulnerable peat deposits, ranging from 40 cm to several metres deep. Dried peatlands fuelled a 2011 fire in Slave Lake Alberta, for example, and the recent...
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Peruvian govt affirms illegal plantation activity Amazon rainforest
2016-05-26 03:06:44| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Yesterday, Perus forest authority issued a public statement confirming illegal actions on the part of United Cacao and called on the London Stock Exchange to hold the company accountable for its alleged violations. The statement is the latest in a series of escalating exchanges between United Cacao and its critics. United Cacao is a Cayman Islands-based, UK-listed agroindustry company with roots in Southeast Asia and holdings in Peru. Managed by subsidiary companies, its Peruvian palm oil and cacao...
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Theres Potential for Increased M&A Activity in the REIT Sector
2016-05-18 09:00:00| National Real Estate Investor
Justin Brown The lull in REIT M&A activity may be coming to an end as converging trends could lead to increased deal making going forward. read more
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Petroleum exploration activity lowest in Queensland, APPEA says
2016-05-18 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) has reported that exploration in Queensland, which experienced a severe decline over the last five years, needs to be addressed.
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Obama and Nordic Leaders Agree Economic Activity in Arctic Must Pass Climate Test
2016-05-16 16:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: President Obama and leaders from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden agreed on Friday that all future commercial activity in the Arctic will adhere to strict environmental standards and climate goals. This will include oil and gas drilling and is similar to the agreement signed by the U.S. and Canada earlier this year. Denmark and the U.S. also announced a partnership to develop offshore wind. Leaders from the US and Nordic countries make important commitments to #Arctic #conservation...
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