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I am absolutely against granting carbon credits to logging
companies for clearcutting and replanting a single species of
trees.  Both clearcutting and tree plantations are net sources of
emissions.  Furthermore, these actions reduces the biodiversity,
harms the wildlife and habitat, which jeopardizes the ecological
stability of the area.

It's stated in the current protocols that the planted trees could
be cut after 100 years, but it's only at 100 years that those trees
 absorb all the carbon that was released from the previous
cutting.

Please mandate that in order for logging companies to be awarded
carbon offsets, forest stands should be protected by a legally
binding conservation easement.  Voluntary compliance and self
monitoring is not the way to protect our precious forests.  Thank
you.