Pakistan is planting lots of mangrove forests. So why are some upset?
NPRPakistan is planting lots of mangrove forests. Enlarge this image toggle caption Diaa Hadid/NPR Diaa Hadid/NPR KETI BANDAR, Pakistan — Wildlife ranger Mohammad Jamali boats through mangrove forests of the Indus River Delta, the terminus of a curly waterway that begins thousands of miles upstream in the Himalayas. Sponsor Message Delta Blue's carbon credit program works by planting mangroves that suck up and store carbon dioxide and then it sells credits for that activity. Haq says there's another benefit: auditors must evaluate the company's progress before they can sell more carbon credits, which means the mangrove forests are nurtured and protected, and the company has to show local communities are benefiting. toggle caption Diaa Hadid/NPR To other environmentalists, the mangrove project is "carbon colonialism."
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