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Ecuador breaks Guinness reforestation record

2015-05-17 01:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: Ecuador broke a world record for reforestation Saturday, as thousands of people pitched in to plant 647,250 trees of more than 200 species, President Rafael Correa said. "I have just been informed that we have broken the Guinness record for reforestation," the president said in his weekly address. Correa said the seedlings were planted all over Ecuador, which boasts varied geography from its Pacific coast, high Andean peaks and low Amazon basin areas. Environment Minister Lorena Tapia said on...

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Reforestation can't offset massive fossil fuels emissions

2013-12-13 16:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: With the Australian, Japanese, and Canadian governments making an about-face on carbon-emissions reduction targets during the Warsaw climate summit, some experts are warning that the global need for solutions offsetting CO2 emissions is passing a "red line." Land-based mitigation practices comprise one of the solutions on the table as a result of both the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol; however, a paper published in Nature Climate Change by an...

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Let's embrace the culture of reforestation

2013-07-29 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Standard: Trees are also crucial for biodiversity conservation. Products and services from trees include food, timber, fibre, medicines and energy. Since elementary school, we have been told how trees absorb carbon dioxide and turn it into oxygen, something which is crucial for our very existence. The natural carbon dioxide cycle keeps a balance in the amount of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. But our actions and behaviours have been causing changes which have upset the intended natural balance....

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Solomon Islands and Korea Sign Reforestation Project

2013-06-29 12:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Solomon Times: The Governments of Solomon Islands and the Republic of Korea have signed a Framework Arrangement to formalize the start of a Reforestation Project in Solomon Islands. Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Hon. Clay Forau Soalaoi and the outgoing Korean Ambassador to Solomon Islands Lee Whie-Jin signed the documents in Honiara today. The milestone signing now opens the way for the reforestation project to begin with a Korean funding of SB$7.2 million to support the Government's reforestation...

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