Mature tropical forests can be enormous stores of carbon; when they are cleared and burned they release huge amounts of carbon dioxide.
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Climate change is currently the greatest challenge facing life on earth, bringing with it the risk of changing weather patterns, rising sea levels and disrupted global agriculture.
A dangerous increase in greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere is responsible, and scientists agree this increase is largely due to Man's activities. As a result, efforts are now being made worldwide to reduce the emissions of the gases - especially carbon dioxide - that accelerate this warming.
Up to 25 per cent of man-made carbon dioxide emissions (more than those produced by the entire transport industry) come from the destruction of tropical forests.
Growing global recognition of the importance of forests has led to the emergence of new approaches to reduce deforestation and forest degradation. One way is the issue of tradable carbon credits when forests at risk of being cut down are instead protected and allowed to regenerate.
Permian Global recognises the threat of climate change to economies, livelihoods and ecosystems worldwide. Its prime strategy is to invest in rainforest assets so that they can be restored, thereby contributing to climate change mitigation whilst at the same time generating financial returns from carbon credits. |
