Deforestation accounts for 15% of global greenhouse gas emissions and forests now cover only 6% of the globe. In light of this alarming phenomenon, the social enterprise BioCarbon Partners was created to protect the Zambian fauna and flora, in cooperation with local populations. It does this by developing and managing long-term forest carbon projects in globally important biodiversity landscapes in Africa. In this way, the company contributes to driving change by working to reinvent rural Africa through innovative Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) projects.
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BIOCARBON PARTNERS: offsetting forest carbon to serve the ecosystem and communities
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