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2022.03.03 06:04 GMT+8

Carbon credit program pays landowners not to cut down trees

Updated 2022.03.03 06:04 GMT+8
Mark Niu

It's a unique way for companies to reduce carbon footprints -- buying a carbon credit to offset their own emissions. 

One method is for companies to pay landowners to plant trees. But there's another method quickly catching on – paying landowners to stop cutting trees. 

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