Buying and selling forest carbon as a commodity is dangerous if it trumps other environmental and social uses
Forests are great carbon sinks – they absorb more carbon from the atmosphere than they release. Globally, forests remove nearly all of the two billion tonnes of carbon dioxide that is currently being removed from the atmosphere every year. These days, companies can buy “carbon credits” for the carb...
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The Conversation Trust (UK) Limited
2024
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