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Tuesday, May 12th, 2009A bill on payment for environmental services has been presented by Peru’s Environment Ministry (Minam) to the Congress that Minister Antonio Brack argues is “innovative.” The three short paragraphs of the General Environment Law‘s Article 94 says that the State will “establish mechanisms for valuing, paying for and maintaining the provisions of such services” and […]
Groundbreaking Project of Carbon Credits for Avoided Deforestation
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007Synopsis in English: Last week the Environment Ministry signed an agreement with the World Bank for the first project in Colombia, and one of the first in the world, involving the sale of carbon credits for “reduction of emissions from deforestation” (i.e., “avoided deforestation”). The project involves some 1,410 hectares in San Nicolás Valley in […]