THE Australian federal government is considering making it a criminal offence to import timber that has been illegally harvested overseas. Read More

View the latest ECO2 Forests media story. This piece was aired on NBC - February 8, 2010 Read More

With Congress and the White House considering spending scarce dollars to jumpstart employment, they’ll need to get the biggest jobs bang for the buck to give Americans confidence that they’re spending our money wisely. Read More

A COALITION Government would create a $1 billion fund that would be used to purchase initiatives aimed at reducing Australia's greenhouse gas emissions, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has announced. Read More

India may let power companies start trading renewable-energy credits in May as part of a plan to create a multi billion-dollar market and encourage reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions. Read More

Environment Secretary Hilary Benn today announced that from 1 April 2010 new social criteria will be added to the UK Government’s timber procurement policy. Read More

ZAMBIA is expected to have a third trading platform (carbon credit exchange) this June that will aim at facilitating funds for development of projects seeking to protect the environment and mitigating climate change. Read More

The Western Regional Office of the Forestry Commission has launched an operation to stop the destruction of forest reserves through illegal farming and timber felling. The exercise code-named "Operation Halt" would involve the surveillance to arrest and prosecute encroachers of Afau Hills, Anhwiaso North, Suraw, Sumtwitwi and Tano-Suraw Extension Forest reserves. Mr. Kwakye Ameyaw, Regional Forestry Manager, who said these at the launch of the operation at Bibiani,... Read More

The post-Copenhagen blues have kept carbon prices low, but three scenarios could cause them to rise again in 2010. Read More

It's cold out there - blame global warming. Weather experts say global warming not only warms the world, it also brings colder extreme weather. Read More