CARBON SEQUESTRATION THROUGH TREE PLANTING IN AFRICA

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The carbon reservoir in trees is much greater than that in herbacious plants. Thus planting trees in former treeless land will increase the reservoir of carbon in vegetation. Sequestration ceases when the trees are mature. Growing trees for energy, as a substitute for fossil fuels, gives a continuous offset benefit, in addition to the one-time benefit of carbon sequestration.

Trees planted in Africa generally grow quickly and hence start to sequester carbon over a shorter time span than trees planted in cold climates. Most Africans still use charcoal and wood as their main source of cooking fuel and trees play an important economic role in sustainable rural development. Hence supporting tree planting helps to relieve the poverty of the world's poorest people, mainly living in rural areas of Africa.

For the purpose of this sequestration programme the trees planted will be new trees, not replacements of existing trees and will be replaced with new trees upon reaching maturity.