Agency promotes forest carbon sinks for environmentBy Kayleigh Madjar / Staff writer, with CNANo businesses have yet applied to plant forests to obtain carbon offset credits, although trading the credits on an existing platform for carbon reduction efforts would require further evaluation, the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) said yesterday. Carbon sinks, either natural or artificial, capture and store carbon for an unspecified period. However, no business has yet applied to offset emissions by creating a forest carbon sink, she said. Including forest carbon sinks in the carbon trading program would therefore require further research to take these additional benefits into account, she said. Meanwhile, the Ocean Affairs Council is evaluating the possibility of incentivizing oceanic carbon sinks, Tsai said.

Source: Taipei Times April 07, 2022 02:49 UTC