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I have been reading many articles in favor and against tree planting as a way to offset CO2.

Do you think is a good alternative and why?

Does anyone know how much CO2 this trees in Africa can offset?

Thanks


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I plant tropical trees in Colombia for carbon sequestration and for lumber purposes (Amazonia Reforestation). The people who are against it (oil companies, mining companies, government idiots) try to claim that they shouldn't have to pay for leaving existing forests in the ground. They may have a point in that deforestation is preventable. But they are totally missing the point about planting. First off, tropical trees absorb carbon no matter where it was generated, or where the trees are located. Global warming is a local issue that requires global solutions for local results. Second, it has been scientifically established that tropical trees absorb carbon at significantly higher rates than do boreal trees (50 lbs or 22.6 kg a year vs. 2.2 lbs or 1 kg a year). Third, it is also scientifically well established that fast growing tropical trees absorb the most carbon in the first 10 years of their lives. This happens to jive perfectly with most plantation hardwoods in the tropics, which have a turn around cycle of  8 to 12 years, from planting to harvest and replanting again. Over 50% of the woody biomass of a tropical tree is composed of carbon, not to mention the carbon sequestration in the forest soil. Even after harvest much of that carbon remains sequestered in the form of building materials, furniture etc.. Plantation wood also has another big benefit: "Would you prefer your coffee table to be made out of plantaion wood or out of old growth rain forest?" The answer is a no brainer. Every time we plant 250 tropical trees we make one car carbon neutral for 10 years, a perfect offset. The crazy thing is that people don't think they should have to pay for that, and that somehow consumers can rely on government for a solution. The folks here in Tree Nation, or those in our CO2 Tropical Trees program know better, thank God!

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