Mongabay: Plantations on peatlands will no longer be supported by the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a framework for industrialized countries to reduce their emissions via projects in developing countries, reports Wetlands International. The decision, which came last Friday during the executive board meeting, will bar biofuel plantations established on peatlands from earning carbon credits that could then be sold to industrialized countries to "offset" emissions. The concern is that under ......
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Indonesia: Oil palm plantations on peatlands won’t get carbon credits under CDM
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 19th, 2010
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