Sentences with phrase «value as carbon sinks»

Then, before the day is done, we hear ominous warnings that REDD could spark a land grab that destroys the livelihoods of indigenous people like Brazil's Suruí, whose forests suddenly have value as carbon sinks.

Beyond their value as carbon sinks, or medical plunder, plants are now seen to have value in terms of the vast gene bank they represent for crops, their ecosystem services and as «natural», spiritual capital.

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Carbon must have a fair price, that fair price and the changes in the view of how the soil carbon cycle now can be used as a massive sink verses it now being viewed as a wash, will be of particular value to farmers and a global cool breath of fresh air for us all.