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Poseidon Foundation Invests $2.6MM in Ecosphere+ Cordillera Azul REDD+ Project

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

The first investment in an Ecosphere+ project, Poseidon’s blockchain initiative links retail purchases and carbon emission reduction credits.

Forty Percent of World Population Threatened by Ongoing Land Degradation

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Andrew Burger | 1 Comments

More than 75 percent of the Earth’s land surface had suffered severely as a result of human land degradation as of 2014, IPBES highlights. Experts estimate that less than one-tenth of the Earth’s land surface will have escaped substantial impacts of human activity come 2050.

Zinke Strips Away Protections, Reduces Public Comment Period on Federal Lands

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

Expect more oil and gas drilling on federal lands. A new policy implemented by the Trump administration rolls back oil and gas drilling policies for federal land implemented in 2010 by the Obama administration. A recent Bureau of Land Management memo states that public review and disclosure of environmental harm from drilling and fracking will be eliminated. Stripping away protections…

Trump Administration Signs Proclamations To Reduce Utah National Monuments

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

President Trump signed proclamations on December 4 to reduce the boundaries of two national monuments in Utah. The two monuments, Bears Ears National Monument (BENM) and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument (GSENM), will be reduced by 85 percent and 50 percent, respectively. The decision follows a four-month review of 27 national monuments designated in the last 20 years. Nearly three…

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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in GOP Budget Crosshairs

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

Tell your Senator to remove drilling in the Refuge from the budget Contact your Senator now! A Medium post published by the Wilderness Society lays out the new threats facing the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Congress is set to vote this month on a provision in the proposed budget allowing drilling activity in the refuge. The last refuge The Arctic…

UN Clean Seas Campaign Aims to Eliminate Ocean Plastic

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

Dell Computers and a cast of celebrities have joined UNEP’s “Clean Seas Campaign” in a bid to eliminate ocean plastic.

Mangroves for the Future, FAO Launch Regional Sustainable Financing Project

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

With field projects under way in South and Southeast Asia, the MFF-FAO program aims to develop a low-cost mechanism for mangrove conservation and sustainable development to supplement the sale of carbon credits.

Poseidon Foundation Invests $2.6MM in Ecosphere+ Cordillera Azul REDD+ Project

Forty Percent of World Population Threatened by Ongoing Land Degradation

Zinke Strips Away Protections, Reduces Public Comment Period on Federal Lands

Trump Administration Signs Proclamations To Reduce Utah National Monuments

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in GOP Budget Crosshairs

UN Clean Seas Campaign Aims to Eliminate Ocean Plastic

Mangroves for the Future, FAO Launch Regional Sustainable Financing Project

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