4. CO2 AND THE ENVIROMENT

Returns from helping the environment

Facts
The facts are simple:
• the concentration of certain greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4), is increasing in the atmosphere. Concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) have gone from 280 ppm (parts per million) to 370 ppm over the last 150 years;

• The Earth's average temperature, has been gradually rising over the last century.

Predicting climate change
There is a great deal of uncertainty in the predictions developed by models. However, the ability of these models to reproduce current climatic conditions makes us fairly confident in their ability to predict what the climate will be like in the future. The normal scenario is based on an estimate of the concentration of carbon dioxide at twice the pre-industrial concentration (2 x CO2).

Due to the very nature of the environmental factors surrounding some crop and forestry property acquisitions carbon credits can in some cases be traded.
Carbon credits are a way for larger carbon producing companies to offset there carbon footprint by buying credits.
The value of 1 ton of carbon is widely seen as needing to double in value over the next few years.

Dependant on the area and the production of agricultural and forestry investment carbon credits can be a way to add additional revenue.

Greenpeace blocks illegal tropical logging