Tuesday, December 03, 2013

[jagubavd] Reforestation incentives

The straightforward policy to pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere is to provide incentives to grow trees.  What should be the incentive rate?  What should be measured?  I'm guessing tree biomass, but worry there could be significant gaming of the system.  It's also rather difficult to measure.  Can technology help?

Inspired by satellite views of Mount Taranaki / Egmont National Park in New Zealand which starkly depict the amount of deforestation humanity has done.

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