SAFER Releases Forestry & Carbon Markets Issue Briefs

Carbon markets have the potential to benefit forest landowners in the South. SAFER has released two new Issue Briefs focused on explaining what carbon markets are, how they work, and the potential economic benefits to landowners. The first Brief, “Opportunities for Forestry in Emerging Carbon Markets,” explores opportunities for traditional forestry land owners, while “Seeing the City for the Trees” focuses on opportunities for the urban forest.

Over 130 listen to the Clean Energy Economy in the South Webinar

In June 2009, the Pew Center on the States released a state-by-state analysis that estimates the number of jobs in the Clean Energy Economy from 1998 to 2007 and found that jobs in the clean energy economy grew at a faster rate than all jobs combined. This webinar, presented by Southern Growth Policies Board, featured Kil Huh, Director of Research at the Pew Center on the States. Huh discussed the results of the report in terms of the findings, implications, and opportunities for the South. For audio and presentation downloads from the webinar go to our Project Archives page.

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