Daily News for June 19, 2024

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Today’s Takeaway

Heat dome or heat wave — and what’s the difference?

The Tree Frog Forestry News
June 19, 2024
Category: Today's Takeaway

Heat dome or heat wave — why now? What’s the difference? And how are the US and Canada impacted. In related news: one death and thousands of evacuations reported in New Mexico wildfire; Turkey’s Dardanelles Straight is closed by wildfire smoke; and a better start for Alberta’s wildfire season.

In Forestry news: Minister Guilbault calls for emergency decree to protect Quebec caribou; BC partners with First Nations to protect Vancouver Island old-growth; researchers say log booms are harmful to BC salmon habitat; Montana’s governor opposes Biden’s old-growth protections; and the EU nature restoration plan is finally approved. 

In Company news: Kruger, Kamloops runs on wildfire wood; Cascades updates its egg packaging product; West Fraser Europe looks to switch from roads to rail; Running Tide closes its Iceland carbon-sequestration venture; and Stora Enso invests in wood-based batteries.

Finally, if forests truly drive wind and water cycles, what does it mean for the climate?

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor

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Business & Politics

Wildfire wood helping to keep Kamloops pulp mill running amid fibre shortage

By Michael Potestio
Castanet
June 19, 2024
Category: Business & Politics
Region: Canada, Canada West

The Kruger Mill in Kamloops is all of the sudden getting about a third of its fibre supply from nearby areas recently impacted by wildfire. That number ballooned from less than two per cent in 2022 to 33 per cent in 2023 — something Tom Hoffman, the mill’s fibre manager, said is necessary to produce the amount of product the mill typically pumps out in a year. He said Kruger typically uses 2 million cubic metres of pulp and 800,000 cubic metres of hog fuel logs to burn in its power plant each year. As of this spring, Kruger has seen a shortfall in its fibre supply of about 125,000 cubic metres worth of chips, Hoffman said, but it has not yet resulted in layoffs. “We’re working with our partners and government to close that gap and ensure the sustainability of the mill,” Hoffman said. He said using more fire-affected wood is part of the mill’s effort to fill the fibre gap.

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Northern organizations lauded for entrepreneurial spirit

Northern Ontario Business
June 17, 2024
Category: Business & Politics
Region: Canada, Canada East

Northern Ontario organizations, Penokean Hills Farms and the Atikokan Economic Development Corp., were recognized by Community Futures Ontario during the organization’s annual conference… Atikokan EDC was recognized for Excellence in Community Economic Development. The organization led efforts, alongside Resolute Forest Products, to resolve a labour shortage at the local sawmill by establishing accommodations for Ukrainian newcomers settling in the community. Unable to find enough local workers to fully staff its sawmill, Resolute turned to Ukrainians coming to Canada, after being displaced by the Ukraine-Russia war, to fill those positions. Unfortunately, there were no available accommodations to house the newcomers. With help from the EDC, Resolute converted the empty Atikokan Hotel into living quarters, equipped with laundry and gym facilities, for newcomers. To date, more than 100 displaced Ukrainians have settled in Atikokan, increasing the town’s population by five per cent and enabling the sawmill to double the number of its shifts.

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Cause of massive fire at Oakland lumberyard remains a mystery

By Nora Mishanec
The San Francisco Chronicle
June 18, 2024
Category: Business & Politics
Region: United States, US West

SAN FRANCISCO — A massive blaze that erupted at a lumber warehouse near Interstate 880 in Oakland late last month started in an area of the building that housed a range of heavy machinery and charging equipment, officials said Tuesday. The fire broke out May 26 around 8 p.m. at Economy Lumber Co. on the 700 block of High Street, spewing pillars of smoke and slowing traffic on the nearby highway. …While fire investigators could not pinpoint the exact item that started the fire, they determined that the flames originated near several power outlets, battery chargers, large saws and lithium battery-powered forklifts, Oakland Fire Department spokesperson Michael Hunt said. Investigators could not determine the cause due to “significant destruction” on the ground floor area of the two-story warehouse and the “lack of certainty about which material or equipment involved was the original ignition point,” he said.

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West Fraser Europe looks to switch transportation from road to rail near Inverness, Scotland

By Alasdair Fraser
The Strathspey & Badenoch Herald
June 18, 2024
Category: Business & Politics
Region: International

SCOTLAND — A manufacturer of eco-friendly wood panels near Inverness is looking to switch transportation from road to rail to save 20,000 heavy goods vehicle (HGV) journeys a year. West Fraser Europe – formerly known as Norbord – wants Highland Council planners to approve early stage plans to create a rail sidings yard near its mill at Morayhill. The major development… is now the subject of a Proposal of Application Notice. If approved, it would enable the firm to transport its products to international markets as freight via the mainline railway rather than the roads network. …West Fraser Europe is recognised as an international success story in the manufacture of carbon-negative wood-based panels. The Dalcross mill is one of four it operates in the UK and at Genk in Belgium and was the first in Europe to manufacture OSB. It was also the first on the continent to receive FSC accreditation.

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Stora Invests €100 Million in Wood-Based EV Batteries

By Leo Laikola
BNN Bloomberg – Commodities
June 18, 2024
Category: Business & Politics
Region: International

Hans Sohstom

HELSINKI — Stora Enso Oyj is preparing to invest about €100 million ($110 million) in a pioneering project to use wood in electric vehicle batteries and offer an alternative to components currently made in China, according to its CEO.  The funds would be used for a “demonstration-scale unit,” which is significantly bigger than the current pilot facility, Hans Sohlstrom said. No final investment decision has been made yet, he said. The Finnish forestry company is developing a sustainable material that can used as anodes in batteries, helping Europe reduce its reliance on non-renewable, mined or synthetically produced Chinese imports. The ingredient is lignin. However, the company… is still “several years” away from mass-scale production after starting in 2021. After the demonstration facility, Stora plans to build a commercial-scale unit, which would require “a big capital investment of hundreds of millions” of euros, he said.

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Finance & Economics

China’s Housing Market Woes Deepen Despite Stimulus

By Rebecca Feng and Jason Douglas
The Wall Street Journal
June 17, 2024
Category: Finance & Economics
Region: International

China’s broken housing market isn’t responding to some of the country’s boldest stimulus measures to date—at least not yet. The Chinese government has been stepping up support for housing and other industries in recent months as it tries to revitalize an economy that has continued to disappoint since the early days of the pandemic. But fresh data for May showed that businesses and consumers remain cautious. Home prices continue to fall at an accelerating rate, and fixed-asset investment and industrial production, while growing, lost some momentum. …In major cities, new-home prices fell 4.3% in May compared with a year earlier, worse than a 3.5% decline in April. Prices in China’s secondhand home market tumbled 7.5%, compared with a 6.8% drop in April. Home sales by value tumbled 30.5% in the first five months of this year compared with the same months last year. [to access the full story a WSJ subscription is required]

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Hardwood timber shortage blows out building costs, waiting times industry says

By Brandon Long
ABC News Australia
June 17, 2024
Category: Finance & Economics
Region: International

People looking to build a new home could face higher costs and longer completion times due to a looming shortage of hardwood timber in Queensland, industry groups say. Harvesting of native hardwood — used for structural beams and posts, flooring, cladding, and decking — will be banned in state-owned forests in south-east Queensland at the end of 2024 and potentially in other key regions over the coming years. Timber Queensland CEO Mick Stephens said a lack of certainty from the state government around hardwood supplies would lead to cost and time blowouts. …In 1999, the government launched a hardwood plantation program to provide an alternative timber resource for the native hardwood industry. An independent review showed that many of the hardwood plantations established so far were performing poorly and the program was ended in 2019. While sourcing hardwood overseas to make up the shortfall is another option, industry groups say this could increase costs and the risks of using unsustainable timber.

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Wood, Paper & Green Building

Cascades brings innovation to the egg market with a new packaging solution

By Cascades Canada ULC.
Cision Newswire
June 19, 2024
Category: Wood, Paper & Green Building
Region: Canada, Canada East

KINGSEY FALLS, QC – Cascades Inc. announces the launch of an innovative and complete packaging solution that is reinventing the egg landscape: Cascades Fresh GUARD EnVision™. Both attractive and sturdy, this eco-designed packaging offers robust protection while opening impactful visual possibilities. Its sleeve openings and high-quality printing area break the mould of the traditional format. …Cascades Fresh GUARD EnVision™ enhances egg visibility and protection, reinforces brand presence on shelves and optimizes packaging operations. …This food packaging consists of a moulded pulp base and a sleeve made from coated recycled board. The product’s durability for shelf stocking, transport and use has been rigorously tested. Eggs are better protected, as tests show that Cascades Fresh GUARD EnVision™ triples the packaging’s rigidity and doubles its stacking strength. Furthermore, the solution is sustainable, featuring eco-designed packaging made from 100% recycled fibres, and is pre-qualified as widely recyclable by How2Recycle®.

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Hear what industry experts have to say about sustainable building practises

Architect and Interiors India
June 18, 2024
Category: Wood, Paper & Green Building
Region: International

The British Columbia provincial government’s crown corporation, Forestry Innovation Consulting India Pvt Ltd (FII India), popularly known as Canadian Wood, successfully hosted an insightful seminar, titled ‘Canadian Wood – The Sustainable Solution’ in Indore. The event highlighted the importance and benefits of using Canadian Wood as a sustainable building material. The seminar featured distinguished speakers who shared their expertise and perspectives on sustainable building practices with certified wood species. Among the keynote speakers were leading architects, environmentalists, and industry experts. Ar. Puneet Pandey from Vima – The Dimension discussed the growing importance of sustainability in construction with wood and how Canadian Wood can play a pivotal role in reducing the environmental impact of building projects. Dr. Jimmy Thomas, Assistant Director Technical Services, Canadian Wood, opened the session with an in-depth informative session on sustainability and certification from B.C. Canada and dwelling more into sustainable forestry practices.

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PEFC survey shows consumers expect more eco activity around forest-derived fibres

By Sandra Halliday
The Fashion Network
June 18, 2024
Category: Wood, Paper & Green Building
Region: International

EUROPE — PEFC’s Fashion from Sustainable Forests survey… found that 74% of consumers surveyed believe it’s important that clothes made from forest-derived fibres (known as MMCF, which stands for man-made cellulosic fibres) are sourced from sustainably managed forests. But only 25% of those surveyed believe brands are effectively addressing their concerns over the environmental impact of clothing made from these fibres. Some 71% of consumers would like to see a certification label and 59% would be willing to pay more for a garment made from a certified material. …That said, MMCFs are growing in popularity. PEFC said the MMCF market is predicted to grow from 6 billion to 10 billion tonnes over the next 15 years. Regulation means the industry needs to get on board too. The EU’s deforestation regulation (EUDR) is due to be enforced from the start of 2025, but recent research reveals that only 12% of brands currently publish time-bound measurable commitments to deforestation.

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New Zealands’s Tallest Mass Timber Office to Rise in Downtown Auckland

Wood Central Australia
June 18, 2024
Category: Wood, Paper & Green Building
Region: International

NEW ZEALAND — A new 11-storey mass timber building—set to become NZ’s tallest commercial timber building—could rise in downtown Auckland after James Kirkpatrick Group lodged plans to redevelop 538 and 582 Karahgahape Rd (colloquially known as K-Rd) in the city district. According to a developer statement, the new tower is part of a push to “regenerate the site from a demolished, end-of-lift building into a robust and legible urban structure that can stand for the next 50 years.” James Kirkpatrick Jnr, the group CEO, said the building will… “encourage a high-quality tenant in line with some of the green initiatives required for their businesses or their clients”. Wood Central understands that the building will target a 6 Star Green Star rating, with Kirkpatrick turning to mass timber as an alternative to concrete, reducing emissions and the weight of the building.

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Forestry

Research finds log booms harmful to B.C. salmon and fish habitats

By Akshay Kulkarni
CBC News
June 18, 2024
Category: Forestry
Region: Canada, Canada West

Two new studies are highlighting what researchers say is the harmful effect of log booms — floating structures that contain logs before processing — on fish habitats in B.C. rivers. A report from the Pacific Salmon Foundation and the B.C. Conservation Foundation (BCCF), led by the Cowichan Tribes, finds the presence of log booms at the mouth of the Cowichan River caused a 20 per cent reduction in survival rates for adult chinook salmon. Meanwhile, the lead author of a soon-to-be-published study from the University of B.C. and the Musqueam First Nation says that log booms in the Fraser River have a significant effect on nearby habitat, causing more soil to fall onto the riverbed and fewer invertebrates, which could be food for fish, to spawn. …The researchers say climate change and the changing river patterns that have come with drought conditions could prove challenging when it comes to mitigating the impact of log booms.

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‘Crucial springtime’: Why Alberta’s wildfire season is off to a better start this year

By Taylor Lambert
CBC News
June 18, 2024
Category: Forestry
Region: Canada, Canada West

ALBERTA — The bar was low for a better wildfire season in Alberta this year after a record-shattering season in 2023, persistent drought conditions and expectations of high temperatures. But the province weathered the crucial spring period, emerging in far better shape than it had at this point last year. …Brian Proctor, a meteorologist said the expectations for this season were influenced by a multi-year drought and a warm winter. …With no strong climate feature such as the warming El Niño, or the cooling La Niña, Alberta’s temperatures should be closer to average than last year, Proctor said. But precipitation is harder to predict. …”I don’t have a ton of confidence in our precipitation forecast other than to suggest it should be fairly normal conditions,” he said. Drought conditions in much of Alberta have relented due to more precipitation, but the far northwest region is still quite dry.

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B.C.’s ’war in the woods’ battlegrounds to be permanently protected

By Dirk Meissner
The Canadian Press in the Vancouver Sun
June 18, 2024
Category: Forestry
Region: Canada, Canada West

Old-growth forests that were environmental and Indigenous rights battlegrounds over clearcut logging in the 1980s and 1990s during BCV’s “war in the woods” are set to receive permanent protections. The B.C. government says an agreement Tuesday with two Vancouver Island First Nations will protect about 760 square kilometres of Crown land in Clayoquot Sound by establishing 10 new conservancies in areas that include old-growth forests and unique ecosystems. The partnership involves reconfiguring the tree farm licence in the Clayoquot Sound area to protect the old-growth zones while supporting other forest industry tenures held by area First Nations, said Forests Minister Bruce Ralston. Clayoquot Sound’s Ahoushat and Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations say the conservancies will preserve old-growth forests on Meares Island and the Kennedy Lake area, sites of protests that led to hundreds of arrests. …The agreement is supported by more than $40 million raised by the environmental group Nature United.

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Environment minister calls for emergency decree to protect Quebec caribou from ‘imminent threat’

By Rachel Watts
CBC News
June 18, 2024
Category: Forestry
Region: Canada, Canada East

Steven Guilbeault

Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is recommending the adoption of an emergency decree to protect the boreal caribou in Quebec as some herds cross the “threshold of near-disappearance.” The Pipmuacan, Val-d’Or and Charlevoix woodland herds could soon be subject to federally imposed protection measures. In a letter addressed to Quebec Environment Minister Benoit Charette, Guilbeault writes that he intends to recommend federal intervention to cabinet this week. ….The minister presented these results following an analysis carried out by his department over the past year, at the request of some Indigenous communities. In his letter to Charette, Guilbeault points to the forestry industry, saying logging and the network of multi-use roads are among the activities that, to date, have “contributed most to habitat disturbance.” …Charette responded to Guilbeault’s letter saying he “deplores” the federal government’s “relentlessness” in this file.

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Newfoundland and Labrador weighing options for repairing 5th water bomber to fight Labrador wildfires

By Elizabeth Whitten & Alex Kennedy
CBC News
June 18, 2024
Category: Forestry
Region: Canada, Canada East

As crews fighting seven active wildfires in Labrador get some help from rainfall, Premier Andrew Furey says Newfoundland and Labrador has all the resources it needs to battle the blazes. With four water bombers in Labrador, Furey told reporters Tuesday, the province has adequate resources for this year’s fire season but there’s room to grow. …Provincial forest fire duty officer Bryan Oke said there are four water bombers, five helicopters and 25 crews in Labrador, with additional resources on the way. …Premier Furey told reporters he spoke with crews on the ground in Labrador on Monday and commended them for their work. “I think we can develop a centre of excellence in firefighting services here … to provide support not just to Newfoundland and Labrador, but to eastern Canada.” The province’s plans includes getting its fifth water bomber, which has been out of service since 2018, back in the air.

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$1M earmarked for North Idaho forests

Coeur d’Alene Press
June 19, 2024
Category: Forestry
Region: United States, US West

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Northern Region said Tuesday it is investing $1 million to expand work with the Idaho Department of Lands to reduce wildfire risk and improve forest health through the Good Neighbor Authority. The investments will fund projects on the Idaho Panhandle National Forest while also providing funding for IDL staffing. The funds will support about 3,000 acres of fuels reduction work administered by IDL such as fuel breaks and vegetation treatments to improve forest health, a press release said. The funds will also expand road repairs to improve watershed conditions and provide access for wildfire management and implementation of project activities.

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Governor, legislators send letter opposing old-growth protection

By Laura Lundquist
Missoula Current
June 18, 2024
Category: Forestry
Region: United States, US West

MONTANA — A Legislative committee is backing the Gianforte administration in its opposition to a proposed U.S. Forest Service amendment that could make small changes to preserve old-growth forests. On Monday, the Legislative Environmental Quality Council approved sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture opposing an amendment that would affect all U.S. Forest Service forest plans to add a little more protection for patches of old-growth forest. Instead of protecting old-growth habitat, the EQC pushed for more active forest management. …The EQC wrote the letter in response to a two-year-old Biden administration effort to preserve old-growth forests in response to rapidly changing climate conditions. …In a report last spring, the agency estimated that there are nearly 25 million acres of old-growth forest on Forest Service land — or about 17% of the agency’s forested land — based on a complex set of definitions tailored to some 200 forest types.

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If forests truly drive wind and water cycles, what does it mean for the climate?

By Mike DiGirolamo & Rachel Donald
Mongabay
June 18, 2024
Category: Forestry
Region: International

The biotic pump theory has ruffled feathers in the climate science community ever since Anastassia Makarieva and Victor Gorshkov submitted their paper “Where do winds come from?” to the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics in 2010 (it was finally published in 2013). It remains a relevant enough topic that some scientists say needs further study and incorporation into potential climate-modeling scenarios. If true, the theory explains how the interior forests of vast continents influence wind and the water cycles that supply whole nations, and could even help explain phenomena such as the “cold Amazon paradox,” when wind patterns seemingly defy accepted theory to blow the strongest from the warm Atlantic to the colder Amazon. If forests actually drive moisture-laden air currents that govern wind and rain, the upshot is that further forest loss may have unknown and devastating effects on not just the global climate, but also on water supplies.

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Landmark EU nature restoration plan gets the green light despite months of protests by farmers

By Samuel Petrequin
ABC News
June 17, 2024
Category: Forestry
Region: International

BRUSSELS — European Union countries gave final approval to a long-awaited plan to better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc, a divisive issue after months of protests by farmers who argued that the laws were driving them toward bankruptcy. After surviving a razor-thin vote by lawmakers last summer, the so-called Nature Restoration Plan faced opposition from several member states, leaving the bill deadlocked for months. The law was finally adopted at a meeting of environment ministers in Luxembourg after rallying the required support from a qualified majority. …The Nature Restoration plan is part of the EU’s European Green Deal that seeks to establish the world’s most ambitious climate and biodiversity targets and make the bloc the global point of reference on all climate issues. Under the plan, member states will have to meet restoration targets for specific habitats and species, to cover at least 20% of the region’s land and sea areas by 2030.

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Carbon, Climate & Bioenergy

Environment Canada says extreme heat expected today in Ontario and Quebec

Canadian Press in CTV News
June 19, 2024
Category: Carbon, Climate & Bioenergy
Region: Canada, Canada East

Central and southern Ontario and much of western Quebec are forecast to experience another day of sweltering weather. Environment Canada’s heat warnings say daytime highs are expected to hit 30 to 35 C, with the humidex making it feel closer to 40. And while the daytime hours are expected to be steamy, there may be some relief during the overnights. The agency says the lows can vary between 18 to 23 C. However, any benefit from the roughly 10-degree difference could very well be lost when factoring in humidex values of 26 to 30.

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What’s a heat dome? Here’s why so much of the US is broiling this week

By Tammy Webber
Associated Press
June 18, 2024
Category: Carbon, Climate & Bioenergy
Region: United States

FENTON, Mich. — With much of the Midwest and the Northeast broiling — or about to broil — in extreme summer heat this week, meteorologists are talking about heat waves and heat domes. Both mean it’s really hot. What’s the difference? It’s helpful to think of a heat dome as what’s happening in the atmosphere. A heat wave is how that affects people on the ground. When a high-pressure system develops in the upper atmosphere, it causes the air below it to sink and compress. That raises temperatures in the lower atmosphere. Because hot air expands, it creates a bulging dome. A heat wave is defined by how intense the heat is, how long it lasts and where it occurs. …The heat dome will affect a broad swath of the eastern half of the country, from roughly the Great Plains states up through Maine. Some locations could see their hottest temperatures on record for any month…

Here’s a similar story from a Canadian perspective in the National Observer: Know the difference between heat dome and heat wave?

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Mountain of Wood Chips Remains in Akranes, Iceland Following Running Tide Closure

By Erik Pomrenke
Iceland Review
June 18, 2024
Category: Carbon, Climate & Bioenergy
Region: United States, International

ICELAND — Carbon sequestration firm Running Tide recently announced it will be shutting down its global operations. Before its closure, the company had attracted major investors, including Microsoft and Shopify. …Running Tide was a carbon-sequestration company based in the US which attempted to sequester carbon from the atmosphere at scale by sinking biomass, including seaweed and lumber, into the ocean. …Running Tide founder and CEO Mark Odlin stated: “Unfortunately, today we are beginning the process of shutting down because we are unable to secure the right kind of financing. The problem is the voluntary carbon market is voluntary, and there simply isn’t the demand needed to support large scale carbon removal.” …The company sunk some 19 thousand tonnes of wood chips into Iceland’s coastal waters and that a “mountain” of wood chips, made from imported Canadian lumber, remains at their facility in Akranes.

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Turning Brazilian Farmland Back Into Forest Gains Some Traction

By Paulo Trevisani
The Wall Street Journal
June 18, 2024
Category: Carbon, Climate & Bioenergy
Region: International

BRAZIL — New investment is going into transforming swaths of Brazilian farmland back into tropical forests, following a backlash against projects that claim to protect existing forests. Pledges to protect the world’s forests, a major carbon sink, have been under attack, as accusations fly of doctored results and thin science. But as those projects come under increased scrutiny, money is flowing into others that regrow native vegetation. And despite a spate of greenwashing scandals, Brazil is at the center of these efforts, with its vast territory and many degraded areas in need of revival. …In a sign of growing support for forest restoration, Brazil’s BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group will provide tech giant Microsoft with 8 million tons of carbon offsets through 2043 from a project in Brazil’s Cerrado savanna, in what would be the biggest-ever contract of this kind. [to access the full story a WSJ subscription is required]

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Forest Fires

At least 1 dead in New Mexico wildfire that forced thousands to flee, governor’s office says

By Morgan Lee
Associated Press
June 18, 2024
Category: Forest Fires
Region: United States, US West

SANTA FE, N.M. — Thousands of southern New Mexico residents fled a mountainous village as a wind-whipped wildfire tore through homes and other buildings, and killed at least one person. Officials warned the danger isn’t over. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declared a state of emergency that covers Ruidoso and neighboring tribal lands and deployed National Guard troops to the area. A top-level fire management team is expected to take over Wednesday, and winds will continue to challenge crews, officials said. The governor’s office confirmed the fatality but said it had no other details. Christy Hood, said the evacuation order came so quickly that she and her husband, only had time to grab their two children and two dogs. “As we were leaving, there were flames in front of me and to the side of me,” she said. …a 15-minute drive to leave town into a harrowing two-hour ordeal.

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Dardanelles Strait closed to ship traffic due to forest fire

Duvar
June 19, 2024
Category: Forest Fires
Region: International

Turkey’s Dardanelles Strait has been closed to one-way ship traffic due to an ongoing forest fire that has been burning for a day. Last year, the forests around the strait were also significantly affected by fires. The fire that started in the afternoon of July 18 in the Eceabat district of Çanakkale province, located on the historical Gallipoli Peninsula, could not be extinguished for hours due to strong winds. The Transport and Infrastructure Ministry on June 19 announced that ship traffic in the Dardanelles Strait has been temporarily suspended in one direction, north-south. Agriculture and Forestry Ministry İbrahim Yumaklı announced that two surrounding villages were evacuated as a precautionary measure and 530 people were placed in the guesthouse of the ministries. Over 575 hectares of land was damaged by fire as of the early hours of June 19.

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