Africa’s remaining forests are under pressure: This is no time to sideline forest carbon markets

Sep 23, 2021

Research has shown that between 2001 and 2019, the world’s forests sequestered about twice as much CO2 as they emitted. Image: Ed Selfe

Hassan Sachedina

Chief Executive Officer, BioCarbon Partners

Marius van der Vyver

Senior Carbon Specialist, BioCarbon Partners

Tim Tear

International Senior Scientist, BioDiversity Research Institute

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