{"id":606,"date":"2009-06-28T13:32:11","date_gmt":"2009-06-28T17:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/forestry-aces.html"},"modified":"2009-06-28T13:32:11","modified_gmt":"2009-06-28T17:32:11","slug":"forestry-aces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/forestry-aces.html","title":{"rendered":"Forestry ACES"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservationfund.org\/west\/california\/garcia\">\n<img align=\"right\" border=0\nalt=\"Garcia River Forest, recognized by the California Climate Action Registry as a certified source of carbon credits.\"\ntitle=\"Garcia River Forest, recognized by the California Climate Action Registry as a certified source of carbon credits.\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/www.conservationfund.org\/sites\/default\/files\/u26\/Garciagreen_block.jpg\"><\/a>\nIn Salon, Chris Kahn writes that\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/wires\/ap\/business\/2009\/06\/27\/D9933DOG0_us_climate_bill_winners_losers\/index.html\">\nWinners and losers emerge in climate bill<\/a>:\n<blockquote>\nOwners of large tracts of forest land also will get a lot of interest\nfrom the business community. Like farmers, environmental experts see\nthem as a huge player in the carbon economy because of their natural\nability to absorb carbon.\n<p>\nLouis Blumberg, director of climate change for the Nature Conservancy&#8217;s\nCalifornia chapter, envisions a system in which forest owners could make\nmoney simply by signing an agreement to cut down fewer trees for lumber.\n<p>\nThe Nature Conservancy did just that last year with\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservationfund.org\/west\/california\/garcia\">\nthe Conservation Fund,\na nonprofit agency that owns about 24,000 acres of redwood and douglas\nfir forest northwest of San Francisco.<\/a> The groups changed the logging\nschedule on the property, and the fund expects to receive about $2 million\nfrom Pacific Gas and Electric, which participates in a regional climate\ninitiative similar to the one that the Waxman-Markey bill would create\naround the country.\n<p>\n&#8220;This is really a model of what can happen,&#8221; Blumberg said. &#8220;Property\nowners everywhere want to figure out a way to be part of this.&#8221;\n<\/blockquote>\nThe picture is of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservationfund.org\/west\/california\/garcia\">\nGarcia River Forest, &#8220;recognized by the California Climate Action Registry as a certified source of carbon credits.&#8221;<\/a>\n<p>\nSouth Georgia has a lot of forest land. Some of it is even natural.\nMaybe Georgia Power or Colquitt Electric would like to trade some\ncarbon credits for letting trees grow longer.\nOf course, it doesn&#8217;t have to be a power comapany based in Georgia.\nMaybe PG&amp;E would like to trade&#8230;.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Salon, Chris Kahn writes that Winners and losers emerge in climate bill: Owners of large tracts of forest land also will get a lot of interest from the business community. Like farmers, environmental experts see them as a huge player in the carbon economy because of their natural ability to absorb carbon. 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