Brazil: Time To Create An ‘Economy of Standing Forests’
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 [...]
Papua New Guinea and Singapore Sign Agreement on Carbon Markets
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 [...]
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan: The Poorest Countries in Central Asia
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 [...]
Gabon Targets a Huge Payday With Carbon Credits
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 [...]
EU Signs ‘Strategic Partnership’ with Kazakhstan on Green Hydrogen
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 [...]
Iran: An Emerging Regional Transit Hub?
Via Geopolitics In South Asia and MENA, commentary on Iran’s role as a regional transit hub For thousands of years, Iran has been an important route for the transit of foreign goods due to its [...]

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Wildcats & Black Sheep is a personal interest blog dedicated to the identification and evaluation of maverick investment opportunities arising in frontier - and, what some may consider to be, “rogue” or “black sheep” - markets around the world.

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.