Sinks Submissions - Deforestation Pre 2008

"Given that Kyoto refers to activities "since 1990" and the need to consider how to account for deforestation between 1990 and 2008 (and any other time thereafter for that matter) it is very unlikely that the C involved will be known, especially for the ex-pasture blocks that may, with changing circumstances, be better under pasture. Legitimate and sensible conversion from forest to other landuses should not be penalised. Suggestion - a collection of forests, or even all plantation forest nationally, would be managed as a collection, with only a proportion of C available for sale.
The average C density for region be used to determine C debit in land that is deforested. Proportion for sale would be set at a suitable level aimed to buffer for possible deforestation."

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