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Tribes Create Carbon Crops

THE GROWING DEMAND FOR CARBON CREDITS IS A PLUS FOR MANY LANDOWNERS.  LEARN HOW THEY’RE HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT WHILE CASHING IN ON CARBON CROPS ON THIS ENVIRONMINUTE.

MANY ECO-CONCIOUS PEOPLE NOW PURCHASE CARBON CREDITS TO OFFSET THE EMISSIONS GENERATED BY THEIR TRAVEL AND ENERGY USE.  IT’S A SYSTEM THAT WAS DESIGNED TO HELP MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT MANY LANDOWNERS ARE BENEFITING, TOO.  THEY GET PAID TO SEQUESTER CARBON IN THEIR SOIL THROUGH NO-TILL CROP PRODUCTION AND BY PLANTING TREES.

IT’S A PARTICULARLY OPPORTUNE SITUATION FOR MANY LAND-RICH BUT CASH-STRAPPED NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES, LIKE THE NEZ PERCE INDIANS OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO.  BY PLANTING PONDEROSA PINE AND DOUGLAS FIR SAPLINGS ON RESERVATION LAND, THEY’RE RESTORING THEIR FORESTS, PROMOTING CONSERVATION, HELPING SLOW CLIMATE CHANGE, AND MAKING MONEY - ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

THE ENVIRONMINUTE IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE HEINZ FAMILY PHILANTHROPIES AND THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS.  LEARN MORE BY VISITING ENVIRONMINUTE-DOT-COM.        

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