EKO-ECO resources http://eko-eco.com/ en Copyright 2009 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:08:52 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Op-Ed Columnist - When Our Brains Short-Circuit - NYTimes.com Fascinating take on why it may be so hard for our collective brains to wrap themselves around the risks of climate change...

]]> http://eko-eco.com/ http://eko-eco.com/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:08:52 -0500 Farm Groups Prevail as House Climate Bill Puts USDA in Charge of Ag Offsets - NYTimes.com NY Times article from ClimateWire on the compromise reached vis-a-vis the Markey-Waxman bill...

]]> http://eko-eco.com/ http://eko-eco.com/ Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:59:47 -0500 Big Ag aims its pitchfork at historic climate legislation | Grist Article on Agriculture and the Waxman-Markey bill from Grist....

]]> http://eko-eco.com/ http://eko-eco.com/ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:40:06 -0500 Pollinator Protection | Pesticides | US EPA Link to the US EPA page on Pollinators. This issue will only get bigger and there is probably a market solution to it somewhere...

]]> http://eko-eco.com/ http://eko-eco.com/ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:33:18 -0500 House Agriculture Committee - Hearings and Opening Statements Statements on agriculture and climate change in the US House Ag. Committee...

]]> http://eko-eco.com/ http://eko-eco.com/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:38:13 -0500 Rep. Waxman Gives Himself Another Day to Finish Climate Talks With Farm State Democrats - NYTimes.com Politicking in high-gear around cap-and-trade and agriculture

]]> http://eko-eco.com/ http://eko-eco.com/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:00:09 -0500 Conserving forests: REDDy and waiting | The Economist Economist article on the problems with REDD, in particular some issues in Papua New Guinea. Highlights issues of tenure associated with REDD.

]]> http://eko-eco.com/ http://eko-eco.com/ Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:19:10 -0500 Deforestation and carbon credits: Seeing REDD in the Amazon | The Economist Economist article on REDD. Says the only way to halt deforestation is to give proper land title, maintain much as public land, and pay people not to chop via mechanisms like REDD.

]]> http://eko-eco.com/ http://eko-eco.com/ Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:16:32 -0500 The Amazon: The future of the forest | The Economist An article in the Economist this week talks about the attempt to deal with deforestation through land reform. Mentions REDD and the carbon markets in passing.

]]> http://eko-eco.com/ http://eko-eco.com/ Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:55:21 -0500 Forest Project Protocol Update - Climate Action Reserve The latest draft of the Forest Project Protocol of the Climate Action Reserve (formerly known as the California Climate Action Registry). Comments were due by June 11, 2009.

]]> http://eko-eco.com/ http://eko-eco.com/ Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:12:42 -0500 WRI's take on The American Clean Energy and Security Act (Waxman-Markey) Click on the link to go to an analysis of the Waxman-Markey bill by WRI

]]> http://eko-eco.com/ http://eko-eco.com/ Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:59:54 -0500 Draft of Agricultural soil carbon standard submitted by Novecta http://eko-eco.com/ http://eko-eco.com/ Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:29:20 -0500 Official Summary of Waxman-Markey Bill Link to the page with the official summary of the Waxman-Markey bill

]]> http://eko-eco.com/ http://eko-eco.com/ Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:26:54 -0500 "Farming and Land Use to Cool the Planet" A link to a chapter in the 2009 edition of WorldWatch's State of the World report

]]> http://eko-eco.com/ http://eko-eco.com/ Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:20:33 -0500 Webinar by Ricardo Bayon on Forestry Carbon (11.14.08) http://eko-eco.com/ http://eko-eco.com/ Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:13:25 -0500