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Shock Discovery: Huge Carbon Credit Project in Australia Turns Out to Be a Sham

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Australia has earmarked vast swathes of land for native forest regeneration. The project is meant to offset emissions as new trees suck up carbon. But researchers have found that across almost 80 percent of these plantations forest growth was either stagnant or shrinking. Despite this, Australia had used these projects to bank millions of tonnes in questionable carbon credits, scientists said.

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Shock Discovery: Huge Carbon Credit Project in Australia Turns Out to Be a Sham

Australia's carbon credit scheme was undermined by damning new research Wednesday, which found a world-leading reforestation project had been an underperforming "catastrophe".

1 month ago·Australia

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