Current thinking here in the UK and in Europe is that afforestation is 'good for the environment' in terms of locking up carbon as a forest sink. Policies are being promoted to advocate the efficacy of forestry in climate change mitigation. A voluntary forest carbon market is developing in the UK and forest carbon afforestation offset projects are being launched and measured against the UK Forestry Commission's Code of Good Practice for Forestry Offsets for UK-based Forest Carbon Management Projectsdue to be released this month (April 2010), which will become the industry standard. The voluntary forest carbon market will allow companies, for example, to deliver on their Corporate Social Responsibility strategies (CSR) and offset some of their carbon emissions since trees are perceived to be capable of mitigating climate change via carbon sequestration.
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