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Forest offsets should not be permitted unless they
are additional to business as usual, and do not give credit for
clearcutting
and plantation forestry. Plantation trees are net sources of
emissions for
decades after clearcutting. And, under the current protocols,
these stands
can be cut at 100 years. At 100 years, they will just be starting
to store
the carbon lost from the previous cutting.  

Put some teeth into the protocols. In order to qualify as an
offset, a forest stand should be protected by a legally binding
conservation
easement which will ensure conservation in perpetuity. Voluntary
compliance
and self monitoring have no place in cap and trade schemes!!!!