[Terrapreta] Plantar project, Sinkswatch

[Michael Bailes]

   Plantar Project Background on the project
 The Plantar project in Minas Gerais, Brazil is the first carbon sink
project seeking credit through the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development
Mechanism. It involves planting 23,100 ha of Eucalyptus plantations to
produce wood for charcoal, which will then be used in pig iron production
instead of coal. In addition to this so-called fuel-switching component, the
project also claims carbon sequestration credits for the trees planted.
According to the project documents, these carbon sequestration credits are
required to make the remainder of the project economically viable,

http://www.sinkswatch.org/plantar.html
http://www.fern.org/

Also an
Interesting site
http://www.sinkswatch.org/

> SinksWatch
> *An initiative to track and scrutinise carbon sink projects*
>
> The focus of SinksWatch is on tree plantation sinks projects, particularly
> in areas where land tenure and land use rights are in dispute. That said, to
> understand fully the flaws of carbon offset schemes involving tree planting
> we also provide analysis showing why carbon offsets generally are a
> dangerous distraction from the task at hand - drastically and swiftly
> reducing fossil fuel emissions.
>

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