FED: Tree change predicted under emissions trading
05 Mar 2009 2:31 AM
Subject: FED: Tree change predicted under emissions trading FED: Tree change predicted under emissions trading
Australia is set for a tree change .. with great swathes of farmland expected to be taken over by forests under emissions trading.
Researchers predict the amount of tree plantations could increase thirteen-fold in the long-term .. as emissions trading provides cash for forests.
Almost a billion seedlings could be needed each year to keep pace.
Due to start next year .. emissions trading will provide rewards for planting trees because they absorb carbon dioxide as they grow.
Large areas of New South Wales and Queensland could become home for forests which are left in the ground .. and chunks of Victoria .. Tasmania .. South Australia and Western Australia would be included.
The far-reaching forecast comes from the Australian Bureau of Agriculture Resource Economics .. the federal government's agricultural research body.
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FED: Tree change predicted under emissions trading