Carbon Storage

Monoculture tree plantations are said to provide the “ecosystem service” of carbon storage, which is promoted as a solution to halt climate chaos. But carbon is only stored in the trees for a short time, until they are cut down. Therefore, relying on plantations to store carbon is a false solution to avoiding climate chaos. Carbon offset plantations allow polluting companies to continue burning fossil fuels.

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Publications 23 March 2020

(Swahili) Ni jambo gani linaloweza kuwa baya kuhusiana na upandaji miti? Shinikizo jipya kuhusu upandaji wa miti kwa ajili ya viwanda Kusini mwa Dunia

Pakua chapisho katika pdf.

Bulletin articles 22 December 2018

(Swahili) Tanzania: Upinzani wa wanajamii dhidi ya mashamba makubwa ya miti

Kwa mtazamo wa mara ya kwanza, kijiji cha Nzivi kinafanana na vijiji vingine katika eneo lile. Lakini kijiji hicho kina tofauti kubwa na vijiji vingine kwa sababu hakiruhusu wawekezaji wanaotaka kupanda mashamba makubwa kama vile upandaji wa mashamba makubwa ya miti...

Publications 5 October 2016

Mashamba makubwa ya miti kwa ajili ya viwanda yanavyovamia Mashariki na Kusini mwa Afrika