BIOL 3130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Ecosystem Services, Agrochemical, Land Values
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Carbon credits *not going to ask what carbon credit is. Carbon credit: any tradable certificate or permit representing the right to emit one tonne of co2 a co2 equivalent (tco2e) equivalent to one tonner of. Used to finance carbon reduction schemes between trading partners globally; many companies sell carbon credits to commercial and individual customers who are interested in lowering their carbon footprint on a voluntary basis. Sod0busting on the great plains: 1. The great efflux in co2 into the atmosphere in the past 200 years: 2. The great environmental catastrophe in recorded history in na. It is managing land, water, plants and animals to meet the triple. Challenge of landscape restoration, climate change and food. 5 species better than 1, more spatial variance when foraging. Biofuels- biodiversity and carbon capture to greater (cid:494)ecosystem function(cid:495) Carbon-negative biofuels from low-input high-diversity grassland biomass: