Forests Are Worth More Than Their Carbon, a New Paper Argues
Paul Young
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This is fantastic article!
Carbon sequestration is a growing global trend in addressing emissions: in 2020, the global carbon capture and sequestration market was valued at $1.96 billion and projected to grow, according to Fortune Business Insights. Monoculture—or single-species—tree plantations are popular and economically valuable vehicles for carbon sequestration because they can provide salable products like timber and palm oil. But reducing a forest’s value to the single metric of carbon overlooks all the other crucial ecosystem functions performed by biodiverse forest environments.
Aguirre-Gutiérrez studies the functionality of forests, and the most prominent trend he’s seen in recent years is the proliferation of monoculture plantations across tropical forest areas in Africa and the Americas, he said.
The paper draws on literature from the past several years, cautioning against an oversimplified approach to carbon sequestration and tree planting projects.?
Texas Tech University I had a discussion with one of your professor Katherine Hayhoe - https://www.depts.ttu.edu/politicalscience/faculty/hayhoe_katharine.php. My discussion was about forestry, water, and vegetation practices. This article indicates that CO2 natural carbon goes beyond just tree planning.
Here is my work on the forestry sector: Analysis and Commentary – Forestry Products – October 2023 - https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/forestry-sector-analysis-commentary-october-2023-paul-young