Carbon sink trading helps increase villagers' income in China's Guizhou
STORY: Carbon sink trading helps increase villagers' income in China's Guizhou
DATELINE: Oct. 16, 2022
LENGTH: 0:01:44
LOCATION: GUIYANG, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ENVIRONMENT
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the forest of Congjiang County
2. various of the forest carbon sink trading project
3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG LAOSHUI, Villager of Congjiang County
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHEN SUI, Guizhou Environmental and Energy Exchange
5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): YAN HEGENG, Guizhou Panjiang Power Investment Co.
STORYLINE:
Congjiang County in southwest China's Guizhou Province has a forest coverage rate of 69.3 percent.
The villagers here never thought that mountain trees at their doorsteps could become a source of income thanks to a forest carbon sink trading program.
In December 2017, Guizhou Province began implementing the forest carbon sink trading project, which allowed registered impoverished households to benefit from carbon sink transactions.
Trees planted by registered impoverished households are given iden
- Product Code
- ILEA001027488
- Registered date
- 2022/10/16 00:00:00
- Credit
- Xinhua / Kyodo News Images
- Media source
- Xinhua News Agency.All Rights Reserved
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- 1920 × 1080 pixel
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