Sinks

We are in a race to protect and expand the Earth’s carbon sinks to counter a climate catastrophe. But forests – while they are certainly important – are not the only habitats that absorb CO2. Let’s not forget other sinks: mangroves, corals, kelp forests, seagrass and peatlands. For example, the peatlands in the Congo Basin store the equivalent of three years of global fossil fuel emissions. Increasing organic matter in the soil is also promising. If regenerative organic agriculture were applied to all farmland, we would lock away 15bn tons of carbon, reducing atmospheric carbon to pre-industrial levels within 20 years.

— Wayne Visser

From Purpose Inspired: Reflections on Conscious Living, Volume 4. Buy on Lulu ↗