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Chinese illegal logger agrees to buy carbon credits to reduce punishment

Published 11:03 on March 28, 2022  /  Last updated at 11:03 on March 28, 2022  / Jiefei Liu /  Asia Pacific, China

An individual in southwestern China’s Guizhou province received milder sentencing after agreeing to purchase forestry-based offsets as compensation for the damage that illegal logging caused.
An individual in southwestern China’s Guizhou province received milder sentencing after agreeing to purchase forestry-based offsets as compensation for the damage that illegal logging caused.


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