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North American Corporations Embrace Forest Carbon Projects.

Publication: PR Newswire
Publication Date: 20-APR-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
NEW YORK, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- EcoSecurities a leading company in the business of sourcing, developing and trading carbon offsets from greenhouse gas abatement projects, together with Conservation International, The Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance and ClimateBiz, announce the findings of their 'Forest Carbon Offsetting Survey 2009', one of the first research studies to focus on corporate attitudes concerning carbon offsets from forestry projects.

Highlights of the research, which sampled 120 global, multinational and regional organizations, and 21 carbon companies, included:

- General attitude to forestry projects is far more positive in North America and the Rest of the World (74% and 76% respectively) than it is in Europe (36%);

- Respondents from North America found not only the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS) and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) widely acceptable (74% and 56%) but also California Climate Action Registry (CCAR) and the Climate Community and Biodiversity (CCB) standard combined with a carbon...

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