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6 differences between forestry and soil carbon offsets

GreenBiz

6 differences between forestry and soil carbon offsets. In two VERGE 20 sessions, experts dived deep into the specifics of soil carbon credits and forestry carbon credits. We don't really have anything comparable on the soil side." . Soil credits are much newer. Soil is more challenging. Soil is more challenging.

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Replanting logged forests with diverse mixtures of seedlings accelerates restoration, says study

Envirotec Magazine

Satellite observations of one of the world’s biggest ecological experiments on the island of Borneo appear to reveal that replanting logged forests with diverse mixtures of seedlings can significantly accelerate their recovery. Restoring logged tropical forests is a crucial component of efforts to tackle both the nature and climate crises.

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Logging is destroying southern forests — and dividing US environmentalists

Grist

logging and woods products industry has positioned itself as a purveyor of “natural climate solutions.” As our civilization begins the slow process of jettisoning fossil energy, logging interests assure us that wood products are not a retrogression but a way forward. This rosy view of logging, however, is hotly contested.

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Fifteen ways to reforest the planet: Latest research profiled in publication

Envirotec Magazine

. • Implications of tropical cyclones on damage and potential recovery and restoration of logged forests in Vietnam; • How animal seed dispersal recovers within 40 years after passive restoration in a forested landscape; • How restoration success in former Amazonian mines is driven by soil amendment and forest proximity; • Evaluating tree restoration (..)

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‘Wood vaulting’: A simple climate solution you’ve probably never heard of

Grist

In northwestern Montana’s Swan Valley, a pile of about 100 small logs, 10 feet long or so, sits neatly stacked, ringed by berry bushes, a few white wildflowers, and towering larch trees. Surrounding the logs are several acres of U.S. Digging vaults in clay or silty soil, away from groundwater, is thought to be best practice.

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Amazingly, forests are still sucking up as much carbon as they were 30 years ago. But there’s a catch

Grist

And for decades, the Earth’s forests, along with oceans and soil, have sucked roughly a third back in, creating a vacuum known as the land carbon sink. Over the study period, these cold-loving tree species have lost 36 percent of their carbon-sinking capacity as logging, wildfires, pests, and drought devastated the land.

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Swedish EV maker declares intent to develop “a truly climate neutral car by 2030”

Envirotec Magazine

Questions around the long-term carbon-storage capacity of forests and soils remain, as a forest might be logged, devastated by fire or altered by climate change. The firm appears to align with those who have warned that offsetting is not sustainable in the long run. Offsetting is a cop-out,” said Thomas Ingenlath, Polestar CEO. “By