REDD proponents continue to push the false solution of storing carbon in trees - and trading that carbon against continued emissions from burning fossil fuels
When Dr. Boers of Potsdam Institute says something, you listen. You listen real hard. If the Romans could come back, they would be able to tell you what happened to their "bread basket" in N. Africa from clearing and farming an area similar to the Amazon. What is it now? It can never come back. If we had oxygen pricing, we could offer income to Brazil to avoid selling off the trees. But yes, development has been an issue there since the beginning, when their govt chose to plunk the capital in the midst of the rain forest, driving the stake of development into the heart of the jungle. Then came the highways, and like they say, if you build it they will come, and they did, and the rest is history, a sad history. Remember that the entire planet was already involved in balancing the carbon cycle before human environmental degradation began, so it is worthless to sell some forest to offset an ongoing emission. Unfortunately, the inertia built into every human governing system prevents timely reassessment and change.
When Dr. Boers of Potsdam Institute says something, you listen. You listen real hard. If the Romans could come back, they would be able to tell you what happened to their "bread basket" in N. Africa from clearing and farming an area similar to the Amazon. What is it now? It can never come back. If we had oxygen pricing, we could offer income to Brazil to avoid selling off the trees. But yes, development has been an issue there since the beginning, when their govt chose to plunk the capital in the midst of the rain forest, driving the stake of development into the heart of the jungle. Then came the highways, and like they say, if you build it they will come, and they did, and the rest is history, a sad history. Remember that the entire planet was already involved in balancing the carbon cycle before human environmental degradation began, so it is worthless to sell some forest to offset an ongoing emission. Unfortunately, the inertia built into every human governing system prevents timely reassessment and change.