Bitfury block chain development company will cooperate with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to carry out to protect and increase forest land in Kazakhstan project.
As the "Astana Times" January 14 reported, the project aims to help the country in the next decade will be reduced by 15% of its greenhouse gas emissions to meet its commitments in the "Paris Agreement" in 2016 .
Offset the carbon footprint of Bifury
Bitfury and UNDP ready to sign an agreement with Kazakhstan ecology, geology and Natural Resources later this month, to create a woodland in 帕夫洛达尔 parts of the country.
The project goal is to create 20 hectares of land to the local coal-fired electricity provider consume carbon dioxide produced to fuel Bitfury operations. Hopefully this will reduce the carbon footprint Bitfury 100-110%.
As the "Astana Times" (Astana Times) said that although Kazakhstan currently has 29 million hectares of forest, but most faced with illegal forest fires, threatening changes in logging and land use.
Biodiversity Financing Program (BIOFIN) financial mechanisms expert Meruyert Sarsembayeva told reporters, in 29 million hectares, only a portion is protected, while others are not yet integrated into national forest land fund. Sarsembayeva explained: "We will not consider the cooperative management of the forest and it is these forests threatened by forest fires and disease unless it is legalized and transferred to the National Forest Foundation, which may cause them to produce more. emissions. "
Carbon reduction Bitfury and UNDP initiative belongs BIOFIN umbrella, which is one of the working BIOFIN aims to improve forest management practices through changes in the law and increasing public awareness of conservation.
BIOFIN work on a global scale can help countries assess their spending on biodiversity, and to develop financing strategies to achieve green goals.
With the support of the United Nations, Kazakhstan has adopted a pilot for the heating of residential buildings, in the past five years its annual energy consumption by 25-45%. The country's goal is that by 2050 50% of its energy from sustainable energy.
According to reports, the UNDP representative in Kazakhstan Yakup Beris UNDP told the Information Services Department, Bitfury-UNDP-BIOFIN project represents: "For the first Kazakhstan carbon reduction initiative, which we hope will accelerate the country's cooperation with the private sector efforts to reduce carbon dioxide. these practical solutions will need to institutionalize and expand. "
