Thousands of hectares of B.C. farmland is being used to plant trees so companies can gain carbon credits, according to NDP agriculture critic Lana Popham. Under the current carbon offset program, once the trees are planted, they must stay intact for a century, said Popham.
“So that’s land that can no longer be planted in hay or any other foraging crops,” she told Daybreak South. Popham says she’s been hearing about the issue from farmers and ranchers who are worried about the loss of food production. She says one person in Quesnel even told her about about an area where 12,000 hectares of cleared agricultural land is being used to grow trees.
CBC News Posted Apr 17, 2015.
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