Climate Change, Carbon Offsets and Certified Organic Forestry
Description
Carbon offset programmes are creating a new breed of forester. These are retail carbon offsetters who respond to opportunities to offset the carbon footprint of their lifestyle, for example travel, by paying for tree planting. This new cohort of de facto foresters act out of their green values and/or ecological awareness. However since modern silviculture is chemically based, the obverse of their carbon offsetting, is pesticide onsetting - consequently their “solution” is at best dirty green....[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2008-06 |
Type: | Conference paper |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/47152 |
Book Title: | Proceedings: Cultivate the Future, 16th IFOAM Organic World Congress, Modena, Italy, 16-20 June |
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