Landmark Deal to Pay for Guyanese Rainforest's Ecosystem Services
Guyana is to enter into the world's first serious effort to pay for the ecosystem services provided by rainforests [ark | more\ark]. Such an approach is long overdue, and while the specifics have not yet been released, it appears the payments are for broad ecosystem services [search] provided by a million acres of Guyanese rainforest rather than just their carbon storage (which is good). It remains to be seen whether industrial logging [search] will be allowed in the protected area -- if so, the constant ecological diminishment resulting from selective logging will greatly reduce the value of the deal.
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Hey thanks for the great blog, love this stuff. I don’t usually do much for Earth Day but with everyone going green these days I thought I try to do my part.
I am trying to find easy, simple things I can do to help stop global warming (I stress easy, I don’t plan on going out and buying a hybrid). I took the Earth Day Challenge that EarthLab.com is promoting ( http://www.earthlab.com/ ) and I am planning on lowering my score. They have some pretty good tips (they call them pledges).
I am looking for more easy fun stuff to do. If you know of any other sites worth my time let me know.
Posted by: alex | March 28, 2008 6:24 PM