Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Biodiversity

Coastal heathlands have a high biodiversity (Image: Patrick Regnault)
Biodiversity

Carbon capture – are trees the solution?

By Patrick Regnault

Governments, NGOs (non-government organisations), media scientists, and politicians of all persuasions are thinking about climate change mitigation; good on them! Carbon offset using tree planting is like dressing a deep wound with a small plaster. It takes 10 to 20 years for a tree to become carbon neutral – are the offsets counted after that time?Continue reading

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