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Carbon market criticism highlights tricky land clearing situation

Image: Ben Poulter.

Australia’s carbon market has been called into question again, with a group of scientists alleging that carbon sequestration in a large portion of the projects has been overstated.

Led by Australian National University professor Andrew MacIntosh, the scientists trawled through Australia’s human induced regeneration projects – which aim to promote the growth of existing trees through changes in grazing management or avoiding systemic clearing.

Going through a series of projects that have been issued a combined 27 million credits, they concluded that the vast…

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