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79Carbon price curve in Australia: price $23 tonne CO2-e; new carbon market: grow trees, make compost, make money
How does the Australia carbon price work. In one option Australian farmers, land holders and agribusinesses can earn $23 per tonne carbon credits from composting, planting trees, or farming in greener ways. The market opens July 2012. For political reasons Australian carbon rules create unusual opportunities and commercial loop holes. This will probably lead to large agribusiness carbon farms.
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75How to make lumber from your woodlot for use in your home
Assembling the logs before cutting. For many years, I have been thinning my woodlot on my 12 acres in upstate New York. The forest is a result of the abandonment of a pasture in 1960, so the density of trees is quite high. This is a perfect time...
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56Historical Context of Social Forestry(SF)/Community Forestry(CF) Development in Asia
The process of land nationalization was sequential and multi-faceted, involving the formulation of laws and the development of bureaucratic institutions created to implement claims of governments. Western concepts of nature preservation,...
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65The Benefits Of Trees
The benefits of trees are all around us, here is a hub that highlights just some of the benefits of trees.
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63Reforestation: China Saves the World by Planting Vast New Forests
Chinese rulers are a despotic lot. But the Chinese are doing one thing that's positive for the environment at least. They're planting millions upon millions of trees.
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71Wolves, The Endangered Species
Wolves are magnificent creatures that are often feared, loved, and admired all at once. The media may portray wolves as vicious, mindless, carnivorous, and murderous killing machines, but what truly lies behind the howl of this beast? Wolves are...
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64Notes on Sustainable Design
As the World’s supplies of oil start to run out during the first few decades of the Twenty First Century people are going to start taking the ideas of sustainable design more seriously. It is an all...
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73Managing Woodlots for Wildlife: Mast
Mast is the reproductive fruit of trees, shrubs, and other woody plants. There are two basic kinds: hard mast and soft mast. Hard mast is hard shelled mast such as acorns, walnuts, pecans, and other nuts. Soft...
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