Proposed Forest Carbon Incentives Program Act of 2009

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s111-1576

New York Times Article: The Working Forest

An interesting article on the work of David Foster at Harvard Forest.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/magazine/19Forest-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine

A Greenpeace Scientist on Forest Carbon Offsets

From the Macau Times:
Including forest protection measures in carbon markets would cause carbon prices to crash, and could undo efforts to rein in global warming, according to a Greenpeace report released earlier in the week.
Prices in a future carbon market would plummet by 75 percent, making it cheaper for industries in rich nations to buy [...]

REDD and Forest Protection

From an article in the Guardian:
International proposals to protect forests as a way of tackling climate change could displace millions of indigenous people and fail to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, environmentalists warn.
In a report to be published on Thursday, Friends of the Earth International (FOE) will argue that current plans to slow the decline [...]

U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities

A group of us in Southern New England have recently sent a preproposal to the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities to create a Forest Enterprise Zone in New England.
The history of the U.S. Endowment and the money that made it possible:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/360970_timber29.html

Wildlands and Woodlands

In 2005, a number of forest professionals in Massachusetts develop a statewide (and eventually regional-wide) vision for forest protection and management. It is interesting in 1) it’s analysis of forest issues at the urban, suburban, and rural levels, and 2) it’s approach of innovative partnerships and economic mechanisms.
http://www.wildlandsandwoodlands.org/index.html

U. S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities

Eric Sprague, of the Bay Bank initiative, and I spoke this afternoon and he made me aware of the U.S. Endowment for Forestry & Communities. It’s an interesting new organization….here is their weblog (with link to the website).
http://www.usendowment.org/blog.html