Re:Plant CO2 uptake rises by nearly one third in new global ...
by internet_points on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @08:16AM
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Are there any good charities that buy up green land for the sake of not doing anything to it? From what I've read of carbon capture economics, it seems a frillion times more effective to simply not chop down more forest compared to investing in carbon capture (though I'm not saying we shouldn't do both)
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Re:Plant CO2 uptake rises by nearly one third in new global ...
by snowwrestler on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @08:43AM
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Yes, the Nature Conservancy is a large nonprofit that buys lands to hold in its natural state, albeit not at the scale needed to offset industrial activities. They tend to focus more on qualities like undisturbed ecosystems, or biodiversity, than climate change.
And in the U.S. at least, many states have a concept of a conservation easement where you get a tax advantage by promising not to disturb or develop land you own. This is used by some wealthy individuals to lock up a bunch of land undisturbed. But again, so far it is not remotely close to offsetting the overall human behaviors that are forcing warming. (As evidenced by the directly measured rising CO2 levels and temperature anomalies.)
Re:Plant CO2 uptake rises by nearly one third in new global ...
by tfourb on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @08:45AM
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Search for „rewilding“. It’s a popular approach in the UK but you’ll find projects in other countries, too.
Re:Plant CO2 uptake rises by nearly one third in new global ...
by dpcx on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @09:56AM
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Not exactly what you're asking for, but [Ecologi](https://ecologi.com/) is doing lots of work on the tree-planting front, but also doing other work that helps with climate change, like solar panel setups in Morocco, wind farms in the US, methane emissions in Brazil, and more.