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China extends practice of letting lawbreakers buy nature-based carbon credits

Published 11:43 on July 25, 2022  /  Last updated at 11:43 on July 25, 2022  / Stian Reklev /  Asia Pacific, China, Nature-based, Voluntary

A Chinese fisherman caught using illegal fishing methods has been let off the hook after agreeing to buy 1,000 carbon credits from a fishery in Fujian province, extending the reach of this emerging practice, which so far has centred around forestry offsets.
A Chinese fisherman caught using illegal fishing methods has been let off the hook after agreeing to buy 1,000 carbon credits from a fishery in Fujian province, extending the reach of this emerging practice, which so far has centred around forestry offsets.


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