Entries for month: March 2009

Can Minnesota trees help control climate change?

The Duluth News Tribune recently reported on a two-day conference sponsored by the Blandin Foundation, the University of Minnesota, and the Society of American Foresters in Cloquet, Minnesota, on the science and economics behind carbon storage in forests. A recent study of Cass and Aitkin county forestlands found that the forestlands could store about two metric tons of carbon per acre and have the potential to bring in revenues of an estimated $100,000 a year.

To read more, visit the website of the Duluth News Tribune.

Posted by Christopher Whited on March 18, 2009 6:59 AM 7 comments

UN: Tree Planting could help tackle global unemployment

According to the United Nations, planting trees to help fight climate change could create millions of jobs in the face of mass unemployment caused by the financial crisis.

The Rome-based FAO cited an International Labor Organization study that sees global unemployment rising to 198 million people or higher in 2009.

The statement was made ahead of an FAO report on the state of the world's forests, which will be released on March 16 to coincide with World Forest Week in Rome.

To learn more, visit the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.

Posted by Christopher Whited on March 10, 2009 7:16 AM 6 comments