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The Problem of Leakage in Offsets

Most forest projects are being credited not for doing something but for not defarasting and not aggressively harvesting. Leakage means that sometimes these projects don't stop carbon emissions so much as move them around. Another quality issue with these projects is the risk that the carbon that you're storing will be released back to the atmosphere through wildfire or a beetle outbreak.

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