Marine Carbon Sale [Scam] Spurned

At a press conference held two weeks ago, Numberi stated that the World Ocean Conference, to be held in Manado, North Sulawesi, could be a great place for Indonesia to propose an oceanic carbon trading scheme.

He said at the time that the country’s seas had the ability to absorb 67 million tons of carbon a year, with about 20 million tons absorbed by coral reefs, 20.6 million tons by mangroves, 15.3 million tons by seaweed and 11 million tons by phytoplankton.

“Conserving oceans can bring about economic benefits for us,” the minister said. “At present, we are drawing up the necessary formula so that [developed] countries will pay us because of our efforts in taking care of the ocean, given that this could reduce carbon emissions.”