Carbon farming: Are soil carbon certificates a suitable tool for climate change mitigation? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479722027153?via%3Dihub

@plant_holobiont Thanks for sharing, Pierre. "Carbon farming" is a snake-oil sold by dodgy consultancy firms and a true danger. Besides the positive effects to accumulate C in #agricultural #soils (#soil structure, water permeability e.g.), soil C is highly volatile and BY NO MEANS a safe long term storage.
True climate-positive #farming 🚜:
1) abandon industrial meat production*
2) abandon synthetic fertilizers **
3) return #peatlands from ag land to wetlands ***

*no food to feed, produce plant based food such as #pulses for human consumption, #reforestation is "true carbon farming" **high amounts of #fossileenergy needed for production, high nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions when applied, 1 t of N2O = 300 t of #CO2 eq.! Incorporate pulses in rotations for soil fertility ***important source of #methane emissions

#agriculture #carbonstorage #climatechange #climatecatastrophy #organicagriculture #veganism

@plant_holobiont ...plus: farmers who did their homework and accumulated C in their soils have a lower chance to sell #carbon certificates because their soils are closer to saturation as those of their neighbours who depletet his/her carbon stocks in the past ➑️ unfair!
@bhaug i guess that can be easily overcome by acknowledging good status-quos, i.e. pay a yearly bonus compared with the common average. Meaning, if you are doing better than the global/national average, you get compensated.