Maria Bendana

Maria Bendana manages the Forest Carbon Portal, a project of Ecosystem Marketplace. She can be reached at mbendana(at)forest-trends.org.

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Rainforests Win Big in New U.S. Climate Bill ClimateBiz.com
By Maria Bendana, May 27, 2009
Deforestation accounts for 20 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions –- a fact not lost on drafters of the Waxman-Markey Bill, which has passed through committee and now goes before the United...

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