Mexico’s Sweet Success With Raspberry Production
November 16th, 2022
Courtesy of Latinometrics, an interesting look at Mexico’s sweet success around raspberry production: Mexico is Now the World’s #2 Raspberry Producer Does this chart look familiar? After publishing the story about blueberries in Peru, someone suggested we look into raspberries in Mexico, which has also exploded — production has grown 128x in 20 years. Berries are […]
Read more »Brazil: Time To Create An ‘Economy of Standing Forests’
November 15th, 2022
Via Fortune, interesting commentary on Brazil’s potential to create an ‘economy of standing forests’: By turning the tide of the Amazon’s destruction, Brazil can retake center stage in the fight against climate change and irreversible ecosystem losses. Given how extraordinarily dependent Brazil’s economy is on its agricultural sector, and in turn the Amazon’s health, the need […]
Read more »Papua New Guinea and Singapore Sign Agreement on Carbon Markets
November 15th, 2022
Courtesy of Eco Business, a report on a n MOU which could pave the way for Singapore to offset its carbon emissions by conserving Papua New Guinea’s rich forests: Singapore and Papua New Guinea will work towards building a carbon market between the two countries, according to a deal signed by ministers of both countries on […]
Read more »Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan: The Poorest Countries in Central Asia
November 15th, 2022
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and how they are faring in the geopolitical void engulfing Central Asia at present: Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are probably the most dependent on Russia of all the Central Asian states. Some 1.1 million migrant laborers from Kyrgyzstan and 1.6 million from Tajikistan worked abroad in 2021, most in Russia. According to […]
Read more »Gabon Targets a Huge Payday With Carbon Credits
November 14th, 2022
Via WSJ, an article on Gabon’s plans to offer the largest-ever issuance of offsets, seeking a windfall for preserving its vast forests: The African nation of Gabon, one of the most densely forested on earth, is launching the world’s biggest sale of carbon-offset credits. The plan could net the country billions of dollars and upend the fast-growing […]
Read more »EU Signs ‘Strategic Partnership’ with Kazakhstan on Green Hydrogen
November 14th, 2022
Via Euractiv, a report on a recent EU ‘strategic partnership’ with Kazakhstan on green hydrogen, raw materials: As UN climate talks kicked off in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh, the European Union is moving forward to secure partnerships with developing countries on hydrogen and clean technologies, starting with Kazakhstan. In its REPowerEU plan presented in May, […]
Read more »Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.