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soil is a major sink of carbon dioxide

Carbon Trading as a Strategy to Fight Climate Change

By David Okul

By definition, a carbon sink refers to anything that absorbs more carbon in the atmosphere than it emits. Conversely, a carbon source is anything that releases more carbon than it absorbs.

Examples of carbon sinks:

Forests

Soils

Oceans

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David Okul is an environmental management professional with over 10 years experience on donor projects, conservation, forestry, ecotourism, and community-based natural resources management. When not working on  environmental projects, I spend my time writing for Silvica on a variety of topics. The view in this blog are personal and do not represent the organizations that he is associated with.