http://www.ecoafrica-travel.com/2007/12/19/carbon-offsets-should-you-buy-absolution/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Safaris through Africa Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:01:07 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.ecoafrica-travel.com/2007/12/19/carbon-offsets-should-you-buy-absolution/comment-page-1/#comment-49779 Is the Tourism Industry Ready for Climate Risk? | ecoAfrica's Blog Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:10:10 +0000 http://www.ecoafrica-travel.com/2007/12/19/carbon-offsets-should-you-buy-absolution/#comment-49779 [...] I have also wrestled with the dilemma of the climate implications of long-haul travel versus the dependence of biodiversity conservation on ecotourism, especially in Africa. This is however not an environmental-socio-economic trade-off, but an attempt to weigh ecological alternatives. One could, however, argue that biodiversity is doomed by climate change over the long-term, notwithstanding short-term attempts to mitigate biodiversity destruction… And when biodiversity goes, species, livelihoods and the ecosystem services that sustain all life will follow in short order. [...] [...] I have also wrestled with the dilemma of the climate implications of long-haul travel versus the dependence of biodiversity conservation on ecotourism, especially in Africa. This is however not an environmental-socio-economic trade-off, but an attempt to weigh ecological alternatives. One could, however, argue that biodiversity is doomed by climate change over the long-term, notwithstanding short-term attempts to mitigate biodiversity destruction… And when biodiversity goes, species, livelihoods and the ecosystem services that sustain all life will follow in short order. [...]

]]> http://www.ecoafrica-travel.com/2007/12/19/carbon-offsets-should-you-buy-absolution/comment-page-1/#comment-14051 ecoAfrica’s Blog » Eco-travel in Africa makes a difference Wed, 14 May 2008 08:49:14 +0000 http://www.ecoafrica-travel.com/2007/12/19/carbon-offsets-should-you-buy-absolution/#comment-14051 [...] [2] Although there are ethical problems around buying carbon offsets to make your air travel carbon neutral, it does have value if the carbon offset scheme a) invests in renewable energy projects that would generate renewable energy equivalent to your proportion of the fossil-fuel energy used in your flights, and b) invests in projects that result in substantive reductions in emissions, because our emissions have already overshot what can be absorbed. See a previous post on carbon offsets. [...] [...] [2] Although there are ethical problems around buying carbon offsets to make your air travel carbon neutral, it does have value if the carbon offset scheme a) invests in renewable energy projects that would generate renewable energy equivalent to your proportion of the fossil-fuel energy used in your flights, and b) invests in projects that result in substantive reductions in emissions, because our emissions have already overshot what can be absorbed. See a previous post on carbon offsets. [...]

]]> http://www.ecoafrica-travel.com/2007/12/19/carbon-offsets-should-you-buy-absolution/comment-page-1/#comment-1306 AJK Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:54:16 +0000 http://www.ecoafrica-travel.com/2007/12/19/carbon-offsets-should-you-buy-absolution/#comment-1306 Great article! Now I don't have to wade through all that eco-hogwash, where people are just trying to jump on the bandwagon and indirectly destroy the value and importance of creating a better world, anymore. Your article gives me all the answers I need. Great article! Now I don’t have to wade through all that eco-hogwash, where people are just trying to jump on the bandwagon and indirectly destroy the value and importance of creating a better world, anymore. Your article gives me all the answers I need.

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