Carbon sequestration in tropical agroforestry systems

The holy grail of forestry is to harvest more trees while sequestering more carbon — here’s how the FSC is working with companies like P&G to make it happen

Is there such a thing as "responsibly" cutting down trees for paper products like toilet paper? "Sustainable forestry" and "working forests" may sound like oxymorons — but the President of the Forest Stewardship Council U.S., Sarah Billig, told The Cool Down in an exclusive interview that it's the organization's holy grail: "It's very possible to harvest trees and sequester more carbon at the same time." In fact, you've probably seen the end res…

Carbon sequestration in tropical agroforestry systems

Removing atmospheric carbon (C) and storing it in the terrestrial biosphere is one of the options, which have been proposed to compensate greenhouse g…

Thoughts on carbon – The Millbrook Independent

by Kevin T McEneaney All life is born from carbon building blocks that are assembled and disassembled. In that sense, your life is not different from a tree, cat, flamingo, or lizard. * Humans tend to think that we are original, outside of the carbon cycle on earth, which is why we tend to fear death so much, rather than accept death as natural. Instead, we see death as something monstrous… * Your dead carbon atoms may become life in some other …