If you own forestland, you’ve probably seen LandYield’s pitch: earn $25-50 per acre annually just for not harvesting your trees. No upfront costs, quarterly payments starting in months, and a slick online platform that estimates your revenue instantly. Sounds pretty good, right? Well, the payments are real and the platform genuinely works. But here’s what…
If you own forestland, you’ve probably seen the ads: “Get paid for growing trees!” The Family Forest Carbon Program promises $200-300 per acre over 20 years (total) just for managing your forest in climate-friendly ways. Sounds almost too good to be true, right? Well, here’s the thing: the payments are real and guaranteed. But whether…
Forest carbon credit markets have a fundamental problem: they’re trying to fix climate change while selling indulgences to polluters. After 25 years of attempts, reforms, and scandals, the evidence is overwhelming that these markets systematically overstate their climate benefits by factors of 5 to 10 times or more. Research from Berkeley, Oxford, Cambridge, and Penn…