earthpolicy.org - 12/30/2008
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Book Bytes PLANTING TREES AND MANAGING SOILS TO SEQUESTER CARBON Lester R. Brown As of 2007, the shrinking forests in the tropical regions were releasing 2.2 billion tons of carbon per year. Meanwhile, expanding forests in the temperate regions were absorbing 0.7 billion tons of carbon annually. ...
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See the reforest for the trees
Grist - the Latest from Grist —
... of adopting these carbon-sensitive farming and land management practices. Ending net deforestation and sequestering carbon as described above will put us on the path to the Plan B climate stabilization goal of cutting net carbon emissions 80 percent by 2020. To see how raising energy efficiency and harnessing renewable sources of energy complete the picture, see Earth Policy Institute's carbon cutting blueprint here. ----- Originally published at earthpolicy.org. Adapted from Chapter 8, "Restoring the Earth," in Lester R. Brown's book ...
Planting Trees And Managing Soils To Sequester Carbon
Peak Oil News —
... list, is a failing state, making forest management difficult. Just as national concerns about the effects of continuing deforestation eventually eclipsed local interests, now global interests are beginning to eclipse national ones as deforestation has become a major driver of global warming. Deforestation is no longer just a matter of local flooding, but also rising seas worldwide and the many other effects of climate change. Nature has just raised the ante on protecting forests. Earth Policy Institute
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