Are land use, land use change, and forestry projects suitable for offsets?
CO2 offsets can be generated from a wide range of project types: replacing coal-fired power plants with wind farms, capturing methane released by landfills, increasing energy efficiency of manufacturing processes, and so on. A large category of offset projects includes land use, land use change, and forestry (LULUCF) activities. LULUCF projects might generate offset projects by encouraging farmers to adopt no-till agricultural practices, protecting peat wetlands from being drained, or re-foresting an old clear-cut. Forestry projects are the leading LULUCF project type for a number of reasons: growing trees provides an intuitive, measurable link to carbon sequestration; tree-planting or forest protection projects are often easier to implement; and healthy forests can provide numerous additional benefits besides carbon sequestration, including soil stabilization and enrichment, watershed protection, biodiversity habitat and corridors, and resource access for local people. Forestry offset
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