Carbon certificates are crucial for the conservation of tropical rainforests

In an article in NRC on June 3rd, Michel Schuurman and Erik van Zadelhoff (chairman and secretary of the REDD+ Business Initiative, respectively) argue that while the trade in carbon certificates is rightly criticized, it is too important to abolish. They assert that the voluntary trade in carbon certificates is too important to be left to the market alone.

Read here the Dutch article online (only for subscribers of the NRC)

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