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Re:Phantom Forests: Why Ambitious Tree Planting Projects Are... by Retric on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @12:10PM (#33249620)
Monoculture of very fast growing trees let’s them maximize the value per acre when sold as carbon indulgences. Actual impact is much lower, but by then they have moved to the next project.
Re:Phantom Forests: Why Ambitious Tree Planting Projects Are... by tomrod on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @12:16PM (#33249725)
The economic topic you're hinting at is externality. There is also the notion of Goodhart's Law, where any (single dimensional) measure gets gamed.