{"id":835,"date":"2008-11-05T15:53:13","date_gmt":"2008-11-05T20:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ietransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=835"},"modified":"2008-11-05T15:53:13","modified_gmt":"2008-11-05T20:53:13","slug":"how-will-a-carbon-market-drive-economic-land-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/articles\/how-will-a-carbon-market-drive-economic-land-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"How Will A Carbon Market Drive Economic Land Reform?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconom.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/black-clough.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-836\" src=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconom.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/black-clough.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/black-clough.jpg 333w, https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/black-clough-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a>Gazing into the future of a carbon market, two things seem certain: a fundamental change to the economy and sweeping land reforms.<\/h3>\n<p>There are two well known and highly charged sayings about land:<\/p>\n<ul> &#8212;&#8211;agriculture is the foundation of economic growth<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8211;all land use is inherently political<\/ul>\n<p>The fast approaching world of a carbon market could see how we use land becoming the most important issue in stopping climate change becoming a disaster for mankind.<\/p>\n<p>Forestry immediately springs to mind.  The <a title=\"Copenhagen Conference On Climate Change\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cop15.dk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change<\/a> in 2009 is expected to <a title=\"Offset 500tons CO2 at $2\/ton\" href=\"http:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2008\/0724-redd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incorporate rainforests into global emissions trading<\/a>, and <a title=\"Carbon Offset Schemes Directory\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ecobusinesslinks.com\/carbon_offset_wind_credits_carbon_reduction.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">many carbon offsetting schemes<\/a> rely upon plant-a-tree initiatives.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Biofuels\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/sci\/tech\/6294133.stm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biofuel crops<\/a> are another example. These are being developed for agricultural use with the twin aim of reducing carbon emissions and providing an alternative for ever more expensive petroleum based gas.<\/p>\n<p>Now the idea of using <a title=\"Wetlands International\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wetlands.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wetlands<\/a> as a <a title=\"Carbon Sinks Watch\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sinkswatch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">carbon sink<\/a> is starting to gain traction.  As an alternative for <a title=\"Carbon Capture and Storage\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carbon_capture_and_storage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">carbon storage<\/a> they have been <a title=\"Peat bogs under threat\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foe.co.uk\/learning\/news\/peat_bog_threat.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">compared favourably to rainforests<\/a> and with good reason.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Can wetland restoration cool the planet?\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/cgi-bin\/sample.cgi\/esthag\/asap\/html\/es802790q.html?sa_campaign=rss\/cen_mag\/estnews\/2008-10-23\/es802790q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A recent study<\/a> by the <a title=\"US Geographical Society\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US Geographical Survey<\/a> has found that restoring drained farmland to wetlands is 30 times more effective at storing carbon than planting forests.<\/p>\n<p>What is more, wetlands are a global habitat available across the world in all climatic conditions.  Their use, management and preservation look set to becoming an imperative in staving off runaway climate change.<\/p>\n<h3>Rethinking Environmental Management and Land Use<\/h3>\n<p>[social_buttons]However, it need not end there.  Initiatives to work with the natural environment instead of seeking to dominate it should be developed alongside technical and scientific efforts to combat climate change.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the EU has been tinkering with a policy of requiring proportion farmland be <a title=\"EU Common Agricultural Policy Set Aside Farmland\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Set_aside\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cset aside\u201d<\/a> for wildlife for over two decades.<\/p>\n<p>The policy is a direct acknowledgement that we rely upon local and global network of interlinking eco-systems and similar realisation of the interconnected ecology of our environment seems to be growing at the highest levels in the USA.<\/p>\n<p>From the perspective of a carbon market, this realisation could place the <a title=\"Bureau of Land Management\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blm.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bureau of Land Management, <\/a>private farmers and various conservation groups at the heart of a carbon neutral economy.<\/p>\n<p>A new Land Management sector could emerge, unifying these now disparate concerns and making them as powerful as oil is today. However, such a shift would also be inherently political.<\/p>\n<p>The USA may have elected a \u201ctime for change\u201d president, but there are other, deeper changes going on whose ultimate outcome no politician or economist can fully predict.<\/p>\n<p>The challenges and changes are only just beginning.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Picture Credit<\/strong>: &#8220;<a title=\"Black Clough\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/neilstalker\/2511307614\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Clough<\/a>&#8221; by <a title=\"Neil&#039;s Photostream\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/neilstalker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neil&#8217;s Photostream<\/a> on <a title=\"Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flickr<\/a> under <a title=\"Creative Commons Attribution License\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/deed.en_GB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creative Commons Attribution License<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gazing into the future of a carbon market, two things seem certain: a fundamental change to the economy and sweeping land reforms. There are two well known and highly charged sayings about land: &#8212;&#8211;agriculture is the foundation of economic growth &#8212;&#8211;all land use is inherently political The fast approaching world of a carbon market could 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