Australian Carbon Credits Scheme

[Suffolk Serf]

You cant plant trees in May! Not if you are half sharp, but I suppose they have plenty of irrigation!

Apparently you plant the species paulownia (for that is what they are growing) when there is no likelihood of frost. Yes trickle irrigation is to be installed.

 

[Boysground]

Apparently you plant the species paulownia (for that is what they are growing) when there is no likelihood of frost. Yes trickle irrigation is to be installed.

So they have decided to plant in the uk a tree that needs irrigation to establish. Is it me or does this sound like madness?

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[Bracklandbarn]

So they have decided to plant in the uk a tree that needs irrigation to establish. Is it me or does this sound like madness?

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It gets better... a non- native monoculture of trees, fully fenced unlike the majority of the (very) nearby SSSI ancient woodland that is being ravaged by deer on the same land holding.

 

[Alias]

Paulownia (Princess Tree) on “Most Hated Plants” List

Paulownia (Princess Tree) on “Most Hated Plants” List

www.ecosystemgardening.com

Looks like paulownia is not without its problems

 

[wanton dwarf]

25 year tree planting carbon schemes in the uk are mad, when you can grow food and sequester carbon at the same time

If HMG recycled human waste as fertiliser then that would also reduce carbon emissions.

But UK government prefers lip service, making lots of money and putting nutrients into Rivers and the Sea instead.

 

[wanton dwarf]

Carbon credits are a trap. Lure you in with promises of big money and then when it doesn't work your left holding the can when their over optimistic projections can't be achieved.
The farmer in the article is lucky he isn't paying for the difference for the carbon that isn't there. He still might have to I suppose as his land degrades and what has already been paid out for starts disappearing.

There's a good chance the livestock was keeping a level of grass, bushes & trees in the environment. Seeds left on the surface will die, livestock hooves & dung literally plant seeds, also keeping nutrients in a cycle for plants, insects, birds & mammals - if there is no over grazing it's a win/win.

 

[glasshouse]

No. A lot of farms were bought up in Victoria's high rainfall zone in the south west for planting blue gums. Was for wood chip production, not for carbon . Was also a dodgy managed investment scheme.. Was also on grazing land , not cropping country. Couldn't return there promised returns to investors and went belly up. Farms sold off for less than purchase price in most cases.

Western australia too

No. A lot of farms were bought up in Victoria's high rainfall zone in the south west for planting blue gums. Was for wood chip production, not for carbon . Was also a dodgy managed investment scheme.. Was also on grazing land , not cropping country. Couldn't return there promised returns to investors and went belly up. Farms sold off for less than purchase price in most cases.

I know a farmer in western Australia who sold his crop land for forestry in 2007
Lots of trees planted in wa for this scheme On crop land which were subsewuently mulched.
Ok maybe it wasnt for carbon , i thought it was.
It was just another scam dreamt up by city dicks in suits