[Terrapreta] Bali Media Opportunity

[lou gold]

Hi Tom,

I'm in Brazil. I'm not sure where Ruy is located.
I will try to check it out and report back.

lou



On Nov 23, 2007 4:11 PM, Tom Miles <tmiles at trmiles.com> wrote:

>  Ruy,
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> Pronatura and Eco-Carbone are organizations promoting biochar in Brazil.
> They are both located in Paris. Eco-carbone has CDM projects in Gabon,
> Niger, Mali, China and Russia so they should be quite familiar with paths to
> make biochar eligible for CDM.
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> http://www.pronatura.org/en/becs.html
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> http://www.eco-carbone.com/english.html
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> Are these organizations likely to be in Bali? Can they be enlisted to
> help?
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> Are other organization that have been active in Brazil engaged in CDM
> discussions about terra preta?
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> See: http://terrapreta.bioenergylists.org/taxonomy/term/6/9
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> Regards,
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> Tom Miles
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> http://terrapreta.bioenergylists.org/
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> *From:* terrapreta-bounces at bioenergylists.org [mailto:
> terrapreta-bounces at bioenergylists.org] *On Behalf Of *Ruy Korscha Anaya de
> la Rosa
> *Sent:* Friday, November 23, 2007 6:05 AM
> *To:* Terrapreta
> *Subject:* Re: [Terrapreta] Bali Media Opportunity
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> Hello Terrapreta list members,
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> I have been reading this list since its beginning but unfortunately I
> haven't been participative.
> I think Lou opened the gate for me with his e-mail (cheers Lou), so I
> decided to set the foot in the door.
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> Let me give you a brief introduction of myself:
> I am Ruy Korscha Anaya de la Rosa, a Mexican passport holder, but most
> relevant: a World Citizen highly concerned about the link between
> sustainable development and global warming and its consequences.
>
> I specialized in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto
> Protocol and its opportunities and barriers in Least Developed Countries. I
> have witnessed CDM's complex, slow, expensive and bureaucratic procedures
> from a project developer's view to, currently, a carbon credit buyer's
> perspective. I have followed notably the issue on non-renewable biomass.
>
> The two methodologies addressing non-renewable biomass have been recently
> approved by the CDM's Executive Board but, apparently, they now need the
> green light from the Conference-Meeting of the Parties (CMP) next month in
> Bali.
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> The constant exchange (almost two years now) of several drafts of these
> methodologies and their respective "requests for revision" between the CDM's
> Executive Board, Methodology Panel and submitting parties makes me think
> that a CDM officialy approved terra preta methodology would take ages.
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> I have personally talked about terra preta to a considerable amount of
> carbon market participants and they, despite of not understanding the term
> and how it works, seem interested to know more about terra preta. As Lou
> implies, we should hurry up and indeed put terra preta under the spotlight
> next month in Bali.
>
> I am very much interested in including terra preta projects in the Carbon
> Finance Portfolio whether in the CDM or in the Voluntary Carbon Market.
> Therefore I am packing terra preta in my bag and bringing it with me to
> Bali.
>
> Positive energies to all of you,
>
> Ruy
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> Ruy Korscha Anaya de la Rosa
>  Project Manager
>  Goodplanet / Action Carbone
>  Domaine de Longchamp,
>  Carrefour de Longchamp
>  75116 PARIS
>  France
>  Tel: +33 (0) 1 48 42 76 04
>  <www.goodplanet.org> <www.actioncarbone.org>
>  E-mail: ruy at yannarthusbertrand.org ; ruy at actioncarbone.org
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>  On Nov 23, 2007 1:53 PM, lou gold <lou.gold at gmail.com > wrote:
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> Hi Everyone,
>
> The Bali meetings to replace or revise the Kyoto protocols will take place
> Dec 3 - 14. These meeting will generate a lot of media attention worldwide.
> And that will also be a great opportunity to connect with bloggers,
> editorial boards, journalists and the like. From what I have read carbon
> capture and sequestration in the soil is NOT ON THE AGENDA.
>
> But not to fear. This is a process building toward new protocols and a new
> "carbon economy." Therefore it is extremely important that we enter the
> dialogue. It's a magnificient opportunity to people -- lay and expert,
> public and private -- interested. We need to start crafting our messages,
> pleas, letters to the editor, whatevers and make sure that we crank them out
> during the short period of media spotlight and attention. We need to help
> give terra preta a voice that might move the world from fossil fuel darkness
> into a living and growing light.
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> Here is the rap at the official site at
> http://unfccc.int/meetings/cop_13/items/4094.php
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> What is expected from the Bali Conference?
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> *An international agreement needs to be found to follow the end of the
> Kyoto Protocol's first commitment period, which ends in 2012. In order to
> avoid a gap between then and the entry into force of a new framework, the
> aim is to conclude a new deal by 2009 to allow enough time for ratification.
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> The "Bali roadmap" would establish the process to work on the key building
> blocks of a future climate change regime, including adaptation, mitigation,
> technology cooperation and financing the response to climate change. But it
> would also need to set out the methodology and detailed calendar of work for
> this process.
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