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Conservation Reserve Program General Sign-Up Results Announced
2013-08-09 00:47:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: USDA Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will accept 1.7 million acres offered under the 45th Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general sign-up. The department received nearly 28,000 offers on more than 1.9 million acres of land, demonstrating CRP's continuing appeal as one of the nation's most successful voluntary programs for soil, water and wildlife conservation. USDA has enrolled nearly 12 million acres in new CRP contracts since 2009. Currently, there are more than 26.9 million acres enrolled on 700,000 contracts. read more
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Conservation scheme delivers carbon cash to poor Kenyans
2013-08-07 23:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: For 14 years, Lalo Mwakupha played hide and seek with the authorities as he poached animals and burned charcoal in the 200,000-hectare Kasigau wildlife corridor separating Kenyas Tsavo East and West National Parks. Today, dressed in green ranger fatigues, the 35-year-old patrols the jungles he once plundered, arresting those now doing the same. Since April 2011, Mwakupha has been employed as an unarmed ranger by Wildlife Works (WW), a company that partners with local people to protect the wildlife...
Tanzania: Norway Stops Funding Conservation Projects
2013-08-07 23:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
allAfrica: A GRANT worth over 6.9bn/- aimed at conserving Kazimzumbwi and Pugu forests on the outskirts of Dar es Salaam allocated to the Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania (WCST) has been suspended due to financial irregularities. Royal Norwegian Embassy Programme Officer for Environment and Climate Change, Yassin Mkwizu said on Friday that WCST has officially terminated the funding after disbursing over 1.135 million US dollars (over 1.8bn/-). "The embassy has terminated the contract with Wildlife...
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China to invest $375 billion on energy conservation, pollution: paper
2013-07-31 03:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China plans to invest 2.3 trillion yuan ($375 billion) in energy saving and emission-reduction projects in the five years through 2015 to clean up its environment, the China Daily newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing a senior government official. The plan, which has been approved by the State Council, is on top of a 1.85 trillion yuan investment in the renewable energy sector, underscoring the government's concerns about addressing a key source of social discontent. China has set a target of...
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Conservation Reserve Program Acres Announced
2013-07-23 15:52:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture A total of 1.7 million acres have been accepted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the 45th Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general sign-up. USDA received nearly 28,000 offers on more than 1.9 million acres of land, demonstrating CRP's continuing appeal as one of the nation's most successful voluntary programs for soil, water, and wildlife conservation. read more
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