Sunday 4 November 2012

What is carbon farming initiative?


As we are progressing towards modernization, environmental concerns are increasing. Every country is developing its infrastructure without realizing that it’s happening at the cost of our ecosystem. That’s why you can see Protocols and Summits happening across the world, with the most recent and famous ones being the Durban Summit and the Kyoto Protocol. These days, people are working out new initiatives that can minimize the impacts of human activities on the Earth and maximize the restoration of ecological elements. One such initiative is the carbon farming initiative.
Carbon farming involves a method of farming that reduces the content of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Also, efforts are made to capture carbon in the soil to prevent it from causing adverse effects on the climate. Carbon farming is undertaken by farmers to earn carbon credits. It’s a new and innovative concept which allows people to trade carbons just like people trade commodities.
On a large level, when a nation surpasses its capacity of emitting carbon, it can purchase carbon credits from another nation that has excess of carbon credits remaining. The trading is done in environmental markets and it is estimated that the process of carbon trading will grow to such an extent that these markets will be as huge as our stock markets! You too can benefit from carbon credits if you’ve a land where you can cultivate crops that capture carbon. Every ton of carbon sells for an estimated $40-50. If you’ve a farm, you can start sowing the seeds for a profitable tomorrow.

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