Located in the Arco do Deforestation region, in the northwest of Mato Grosso, the municipality of Juruena is home to the Vale do Amanhecer, a settlement with 140 km² of area where 250 families live. Established by the National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform (Incra) in 1999, the site is a rare case of success among settlements from …
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Authors of Forest Carbon Offsetting 2010 claim that emissions offsetting projects through forests have overcome important barriers and are on the right path to gaining a greater share of the market. Despite the poor result of the Copenhagen meeting last December, 80% of respondents to the Forest Carbon Offsetting 2010 survey are optimistic about …
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The biggest carbon market around the globe, the European emissions trading scheme, continues to climb from its low point in July amid a gradually brighter economic outlook. But even with emission allowances (US) approaching the €16 mark, prices are still well below…
