'Virtuous cycle': Putting a price on CO2 in Gabon's forests
How much is a tree worth when its roots are in the ground and its leaves are helping suck carbon from the air? Answer: in most places, far less than the dollar value of its wood. The value we put on nature is the subject of a motion at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Marseille.
'Virtuous cycle': Putting a price on CO2 in Gabon's forests
How much is a tree worth when its roots are in the ground and its leaves are helping suck carbon from the air? Answer: in most places, far less than the dollar value of its wood. The value we put on nature is the subject of a motion at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Marseille.
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