National environmental and low carbon related news stories via the Energy Saving Trust
1st January, 2009 3:00pmOfficial figures mask true state of environment
THE rate of land clearing is much higher than Australia's environmental accounting methods may suggest, a study by researchers at the University of Queensland shows.
It says traditional bookkeeping methods are misleading because they usually record positive and negative environmental outcomes separately, and that lack of context means big net losses of forested land can be wrongly reported as a win for conservation.
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International environmental and low carbon news stories via Reuters news agency
1st January, 2009 3:00pmOfficial figures mask true state of environment
THE rate of land clearing is much higher than Australia's environmental accounting methods may suggest, a study by researchers at the University of Queensland shows.
It says traditional bookkeeping methods are misleading because they usually record positive and negative environmental outcomes separately, and that lack of context means big net losses of forested land can be wrongly reported as a win for conservation.
