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China foresters to harvest ETS offsets through 2-mln hectare planting push

Published 11:29 on October 17, 2016  /  Last updated at 11:30 on October 17, 2016  / Kathy Chen /  Asia Pacific, China

Hunan province in central China aims to plant 2 million hectares of new forest by 2020, a move that could see state-owned forestry farms supply millions of offsets to the national emissions trading scheme.
Hunan province in central China aims to plant 2 million hectares of new forest by 2020, a move that could see state-owned forestry farms supply millions of offsets to the national emissions trading scheme.


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