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…