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Australia Biodiversity Fund, $946m investment for new carbon stores

  By iip | December 15, 2011 - 11:08 pm | Earth
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The government of Australia seems very serious with the climate change issue. It recent policy provide incentive for farmers and land manager for activities which restore, manager and better protect biodiversity on public and private land.

The government allocate around $946m over the next six years for this green investment. That’s not small funds.

It’s call Biodiversity Fund. The fund will provide support to establishing new carbon stores or better managing carbon stores of existing native habitat. Here some sample project supported by The Biodiversity Fund as cited from Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities:

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Global warming issues and agroforestry adoption

  By iip | October 22, 2011 - 3:27 pm | Earth
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Promoting agroforestry could be better option for rural poor in combating global warming issues. Agroforestry have been practiced for ages but less recognized by many governments. In agroforestry practice, farmers are benefits farm yield as well as from trees planted. They manage such tree based farm system to meets their needs of food and energy.

Agroforestry innovations have been introduced as an effort of development on market based agricultural commodities. It changes technological factors in production process to increase their productivity and enhance quality of agricultural commodities. Questioning how the impact of such innovations will lead to the process of new technological factors adopted by farmers. (more…)

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One million new jobs

  By iip | October 18, 2011 - 3:27 am | Earth
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“We will create one million new jobs in West Java,” said a candidate of local election in a campaign in Bogor. People of West Java province will elect a new governor on April 13, 2008. (update: the candidate was won at the election, no he governs the region)

I wonder how the candidate will implement his program. One million is not a small number, and you should consider a lot facts of economic indicators. I assumed that the candidate have oversight about population, agricultural-based economic, small enterprises and natural resources management.

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