The carbon credit negotiation principle contributes to the improvement of the planet.

In the drafting of the Kyoto protocol in December 1997, which then entered into force on February 16, 2005, relating to the urgent measures to be taken and the tools that companies could use to reduce or compensate for CO2 emissions into the atmosphere, the famous carbon credits were mentioned.

These are environmental certificates that can be negotiated between companies which, with a certified investment in reducing carbon emissions, can offset the mandatory and incompressible emissions.

A sort of economic reward for the CO2 emission necessary for a certain industrial production, which will be offset through projects that aim to store the greenhouse gas produced.

A certificate corresponds to 1 ton of CO2 not emitted into the atmosphere and can be negotiated through activities concerning:

• Forestry 

• Drinking water

• Sustainable waste management

• Smart agriculture

• Green heating and lighting

• Renewable energy

Among these activities, Gabon is in the front row for management and conservation projects of approximately 600,000 hectares of certified forests which, in addition to the production of timber for industrial activities and the international construction sector, invests, with foreign companies in the care of the forest to sell carbon credit certificates.

On the one hand, the conscious and balanced exploitation of the forest gives rise to local woodworking activities, allowing the population to find work and stability, creating for the country an indirect well-being from these activities.

On the other hand, the economic investment of the industrial companies that produce CO2, allow Gabon to reforest the areas cut off by sawmill activity, creating a balance between production and nature for the benefit of the population and the state.

Those who invest in reforestation and land protection projects have the advantage of receiving carbon credit certificates, which allow a rebalancing of CO2 emissions to achieve total compensation between tons introduced and cleared.

This system demonstrates, unequivocally, that the improvement process, both of the environment and of the socio-economic conditions of the populations of the poorest countries, does not depend always from the relocation of the industries of the most advanced countries, nor in the intensive exploitation of the natural resources of the developing countries, which give little and poorly paid work.

It is precisely conservation and investment in the environment that creates a natural balance in the world, the reduction of emigration and the raising of the standard of living of citizens.

Automatic translation. We apologize for any inaccuracies. Original article in Italian.