article thumbnail

Replanting logged forests with diverse mixtures of seedlings accelerates restoration, says study

Envirotec Magazine

The experiment was set up by the University of Oxford’s Professor Andy Hector and colleagues over twenty years ago as part of the SE Asia Rainforest Research Partnership (SEARRP). Between 2004 and 2017, 43 million hectares of tropical forest were lost – an area roughly the size of Morocco (WWF).

Logging 147
article thumbnail

Why The World Needs More Nuclear Power

R-Squared Energy

That means global carbon dioxide emissions continue to climb. My thinking is more along the lines of “Can we meet global carbon dioxide emission targets without nuclear power?” Further, these regions have managed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions while reducing nuclear power. This was the largest annual increase since 2004.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

How Fossil Fuels Are Being Used To Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions

R-Squared Energy

In 2004, over 90% of homes used kerosene for cooking. Now over 90% of homes are using LPG – almost the entire population of Indonesia since 2004. In Asia, it was just over 6%. Take Indonesia, for instance. They save, every year, more CO2 than is emitted by all new cars on the road in Indonesia, just from this switch.

article thumbnail

As EU Weans Itself From Russian Energy, U.S. Shale Gas Industry Pushes New LNG Export Plant in Pennsylvania

DeSmogBlog

Likewise, European campaigners fear that the continent’s scramble to replace Russian pipeline gas with imported LNG will undermine a European Union target to slash carbon emissions 55 percent from 1990 levels by 2030, and lock countries such as Germany and Poland into dependence on imported fossil fuels for decades. “As LNG exports by 2030.

article thumbnail

The Olympics of Geothermal – WGC 2023 experience of African participants

ThinkGeoEnergy

Geothermal energy is one of the more important baseload elements for achieving carbon emission peaking and carbon neutrality. “In 2004, the park was officially awarded the title of “World Geological Park.” In this report, we have highlighted and discussed briefly various places we visited during our stay in Henan.

Africa 64
article thumbnail

Ricoh launches 14th annual Eco Action Day, pledging to tackle key sustainability issues in the areas of energy use, climate action, and responsible consumption

Eco-Business

Singapore, April 1 2020 - Ricoh Asia Pacific (Ricoh), the Japanese multinational imaging electronics company, today launched its 14th annual Eco Action Day campaign. Clean energy is a growing topic of interest in Singapore and Asia Pacific.

article thumbnail

Tug of War: The Impact of Climate Change on Economic Development

Unsustainable

This group of stunning islands was at the forefront of the Tsunami destruction in 2004. A small kingdom in Asia seems to be offering an alternative At a time when citizens are desperately asking their governments to take action, there is one country that is already carbon negative; it is the land of the Thunder Dragon, Bhutan.