Abstract/Sommario: The article describes a project in Aceh (Indonesia) that pays locals for not cutting down trees in a new carbon-credit trade scheme: the theory is that poorer tropical countries need the wealth of felled forests for their live hood and wealthy nations need better ways to curb their emissions, a transfer of money in exchange for forest 'carbon credits' from avoided deforestation could be the answer to both issues. But it's far from certain if selling these 'forest credits' will really r ...; [Leggi tutto...]
The article describes a project in Aceh (Indonesia) that pays locals for not cutting down trees in a new carbon-credit trade scheme: the theory is that poorer tropical countries need the wealth of felled forests for their live hood and wealthy nations need better ways to curb their emissions, a transfer of money in exchange for forest 'carbon credits' from avoided deforestation could be the answer to both issues. But it's far from certain if selling these 'forest credits' will really reduce deforestation in Indonesia and prove a solution for global warming. From one thing, money would have to find its way through the notoriously corrupt government channels to the local communities