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We will have to pay the trees to stop growing!
by warkdarrior 5y ago
We will have to pay the trees to stop growing!
- adregan 5y agoYou joke, but the timber market is so oversaturated and the price so low that getting paid not to cut trees for lumber is a real outcome. Rather than clear timber and plant new trees, you can get paid for the carbon they sequester: https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-carbon-market-pays-southern-pine-growers-not-to-cut-11618911180 https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-carbon-market-pays-southern...