Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry, Eduardo Mondlane University • Task • Submit paper and present orally on the research undertaken under the FACT/ADPP Jatropha project in Cabo Delgado 14 to 25 September Course on Jatropha production, Bilibiza, Cabo Delgado. • Tasks: • Teach and make training material for the course. 11 to 25 September A number of research tasks were planned too. • Tasks: • Follow up on trials, including inspection and weighing of harvested seeds. • Obtain rainfall data from the meteorological station, Bilibiza. • Forecast Jatropha production for 10 years. • Forecast transport needs for collecting Jatropha seeds from the project area. • Interview farmers about labour allocation during the rainy season. 28 September til 1 October • Task

Climate Change Stakeholders Across the Globe Elevate Role of Ag and Forestry in Stemming Climate Change December 24th, 2009 Goto comments Leave a comment While debate continues over just what was accomplished at the international climate change talks this month, one development that cannot be underemphasized is the significant progress made in positioning agriculture and forestry to deliver near-term and cost-effective energy and climate change solutions. The global agricultural and forestry communities united in Copenhagen behind a core message that the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the sequestration of carbon by farmers, ranchers and forestland owners are essential components of any strategy to address climate change.

Algae: The New Oil It's renewable, does not affect the food channel and consumes CO2 Oil prices are rising again, and they’re going to continue to do so. We’re already seeing it at the gas pump. The foreign oil and gas we have depended on for generations has turned into a dangerous addiction. The U.S. holds less than 2 percent of the world's oil reserves, and we now import 60 percent of our oil from foreign sources. The point was recently made that, at current rates of supply and demand, by 2030, 50% of the oil supply would come from OPEC nations.

Carbon Credits For Forest Land Considered Monday, 12/21/09 - Rachel Ward Options ListenMP3PodcastRSSContact UsTapes & Transcripts(Host) Climate change was the big topic in Copenhagen last week. Congress is also considering a proposal to set limits on carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. As part of a collaboration with northeast public radio stations, Rachel Ward of WXXI in Rochester reports on the growing interest in offering carbon credits to polluters in exchange for preserving forest land.

Tuesday, 22 December 2009 10:19 KOTA KINABALU - The world has less than 20 years left to save the orangutan, according to conservationists who predict the charismatic red ape will become extinct if no action is taken to protect its jungle habitat. There are thought to be 50-60,000 orangutans still living in the wild in Malaysia and Indonesia, but deforestation and the expansion of palm oil plantations have taken a heavy toll. "The orangutans' habitat is fragmented and isolated by plantations, they can't migrate, they can't find mates to produce babies," said Tsubouchi Toshinori from the Borneo Conservation Trust (BCT).

Malaysia, Indonesia reject planting curbs at Copenhagen Published: 2009/12/21 WHILE the recently-ended climate talks in Denmark may have been met with dismay by environmentalists, oil palm planters are relieved that calls to curb planting have been rejected. This comes under a scheme called Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing countries (REDD). The World Bank had wanted this in place after the Kyoto Protocol, the current international pact to combat global warming, expires at the end of 2012. Under the Kyoto Protocol palm oil millers can earn carbon credits if they install mini power plants at mills powered by biomass.