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Standard shift should secure the commons, state professionals

Plantations International Information Photo: Tomas Munita/CIFOR This article was composed by a social reporter. It has not been edited by the Discussion forum organisers or partners, as well as represents the opinion of the specific writer only. The idea of the commons is both old and also that brand-new, prevalent and also jeopardized, effective at bring back landscapes and also that under danger of going away. So were the sights stood for on 5 December at the International Landscapes Discussion forum in a panel titled Commons period for an usual future that collected period experts from Oxfam International, the Facility for [...]

Neste, Boeing work toward biojet ASTM standard, market acceptance

Plantations International News Renewable diesel producer Neste announced in November that it is working with aircraft manufacturer Boeing to promote and accelerate commercialization of biojet fuel. The companies will work toward ASTM fuel standard approval allowing commercial airline use of high freezing point biojet fuel, along with parallel goals of gaining widespread market acceptance and progressing sustainability accreditation efforts. Neste anticipates that its biojet fuel could help the aviation industry achieve its greenhouse gas (GHG) saving targets, which are carbon-neutral growth from 2020 and a net reduction in carbon emissions of 50 percent by 2050 compared to 2005. “Airlines and airplane manufacturers [...]