Farming – Carbon Farming


Importance of Afforestation in India

Source: importantindia.com Published: February 16, 2014 By H Patra Afforestation refers to the process of converting a non-forest land into a forest. Afforestation is highly important to maintain the biodiversity. India is an emerging or developing country whereas the...

The Farm That Grows Climate Solutions

Source: greenbiz.com Published: March 26, 2016 By Eric Toensmeier The following is adapted from The Carbon Farming Solution: A Global Toolkit of Perennial Crops and Regenerative Agriculture Practices for Climate Change Mitigation and Food Security by Eric Toensmeier...

English City Combats Climate Change With 3 Million New Trees

Source: mnn.com Published: January 25, 2017 Alexandra Park, a large urban park in Manchester, England, is getting some leafy company thanks to the City of Trees initiative, which will oversee the planting of 3 million new trees while caring for and reviving existing...

Carbon Capture, Use & Storage

Source: worldcoal.org Published: January 26, 2017 Carbon capture, use and storage technology will be key to reducing global CO2 emissions, not only from coal, but also natural gas and industrial sources. To discover more about the pathway towards zero emissions coal,...

Indian Firm Makes Carbon Capture Breakthrough

Source: theguardian.com Published: January 4, 2017 Tuticorin thermal power station near the port of Thoothukudi on the Bay of Bengal, southern India. The plant is said to be the first industrial-scale example of carbon capture and utilisation (CCU). Photograph: Roger...

Biochar at COP22: Fighting Climate Change from the Ground Up

Source: psmag.com Published: November 8, 2016 A worker burns sugarcane waste, part of the process in making biochar, at the Eco Fuel Africa factory in Lugazi, Uganda Kate Wheeling Climate delegates from around the globe have converged on the COP22 Village in...

Looking to the Earth Itself as a Climate Solution

source: insideclimatenews.org Published: September 28, 2016 The agriculture industry is beginning to consider soil’s ability to capture and store carbon, a potential climate-saver long overlooked. By Georgina Gustin, InsideClimate News Farmers, by using techniques...

The Forgotten Climate Solution

Source: global.nature.org Published: February 17, 2016 By Justin Adams, Executive Director, Tropical Forest Alliance (Currently seconded to the TFA from The Nature Conservancy) Click here to watch “Natural Climate Solutions”: https://youtu.be/nU0yNgHHH1g Natural...

This Startup Turns CO2 Into A Sustainable Replacement for Palm Oil

Source: fastcoexist.com Published: August 3, 2016 [Photo: Thomas Lefebvre via Unsplash] Today’s palm oil plantations are a huge climate polluter. A new company wants to create a product that eats CO2 instead. By Adele Peters In the 1950s, researchers at food companies...