Carbon - The New Cash Crop?

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Following Copenhagen the message is clear: if we do not act swiftly, industrial agriculture could soon claim large rewards from carbon trading by being recognized as a carbon sink. We know that climate change has the potential to irreversibly damage the natural resource base on which agriculture depends. But we also know that industrial agriculture is a major cause of climate change, so how can rewarding it with carbon credits help reduce its climate impacts? The
Land Magazine: http://www.thelandmagazine.org.uk/
April, 2010
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The Land, Autumn 2010, Issue 9, pp.15-18
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