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• Crowther's research found that there is room on Earth for 1.2 trillion trees, which can absorb up to two-thirds of the carbon.
• The study sparked a tree-planting craze among companies and leaders seeking to bolster their environmental credentials.
• This led to a firestorm of criticism from scientists who argued that Crowther's study vastly overestimated the area of land suitable for reforestation.
• Crowther published a more detailed paper showing that preserving existing forests can have a greater impact on the climate than planting trees.
• The study caused a crisis of confidence in conservation programs, as the purchase of private carbon credits for forest conservation proved futile.
Honest question; how are carbon credits supposed to help? They sound like tokens you spend to let you polute for being a "good" company.
I might get flak for this, but isn't this the same idea behind hunting for the sake of conservation? Essentially, you just get a free pass and a karma pass to kill cause you paid an obscene amount of money for the right?
You're confusing two very different things ... Trophy hunting of endangered/exotic species and game hunting(deer, turkey, elk, etc).
Game hunting is a net positive because it controls populations that need population control. No hunter I've ever met would kill and let the meat go to waste.
Also, the carbon footprint of a wild deer vs a farm cow is absolutely tiny.
I guess? Carbon credits dont make sense to me. The fucken planet doesnt know you have this human concept that means its okay to pollute. So I was wondering how it helps cause I dont see how. I guess I could see the hunting side if you are hunting something that is invasive or if their numbers are so high its detrimental but idk how often thats necessary in our lobster pot world.