The largest global corporations are making multi-billion pledges to decarbonize our planet. Regenerative biomass plantations have the potential to accelerate decarbonization as a nature-based solution for these corporations to meet their net-zero emission obligations.
Bamboo is the fastest growing plant on the planet capable of releasing 35% more oxygen than trees. It is estimated that 1 acre of bamboo forest can sequester about 5 tons of CO2 out of the atmosphere per year – about the same amount emitted by a car – and that does not include the carbon sequestered from the soil with bamboo’s massive root structure.
Paulownia is the fastest growing tree on the planet absorbing up to 10 times more CO2 than other trees. An adult tree can capture 21.7 kilograms (49 pounds) of CO2 every day and converts it to about 6 kilograms (13 pounds) of oxygen.
Fast growing bamboo and Paulownia plantations grown on marginal lands would also accelerate nations meeting their Paris Agreement pledges. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that nature-based solutions could provide up to one-third of the emissions reductions required by 2030 to meet the Paris Agreement targets.
Investments in regenerative biomass plantations by individuals should become a trending obligation for reducing personal carbon footprints while also creating quality jobs for a cleaner and more sustainable future.
