Written by a UN Delegate on Global Warming

What are the Opportunities Created by the Kyoto Protocol?

What is the Kyoto Accord/Protocol?  

It is a framework that will likely be modified, but here is how it was expected to be implemented:  

On the re-growth side:

A Trillion Dollar Fund ($1,000,000,000,000 US) was created, which would be spent annually on planting, renewing, restoring and eliminating further deforestation.  

The legislation required that the money must be spent in the same year it was received. Fundamentally, it rewards those who plant, renew, restore, or retain forests.  

On the Carbon Dioxide production penalty side:

The Kyoto Agreement penalizes industries, such a Cement-making, by applying a "tax" on the amount of Carbon Dioxide they produce. Surprisingly, Cement-making contributes a huge 7% to the world problem, as the active ingredient in Cement is Calcium Carbonate, which creates Carbon Dioxide. Because our Atmosphere is a global entity, the expectation was that penalized industries would benefit from planting trees, called an "offset". 

Carbon Dioxide Banks:

Carbon Dioxide Banks will soon be set up to enable the smooth transition.  It is expected that about $2.5 Trillion would be spent annually on re-forestation. That's a lot of money, and will be paid from a 2.25% worldwide tax. It has been signed into approval by 155 major countries, and only one country remains unsigned - the USA. (and possibly Australia?) Strong opposition from Petroleum producers is expected. Once the US signs on to the Kyoto Agreement, it will become virtually a worldwide law. The 2.25% tax is a tax on GNP, the Gross National Product of a country - so it includes everything. Of course, these numbers may change.

How can you benefit - and do something to help the earth?

Anyone with land, in any condition, will be able to benefit by upgrading their land to be able to support trees - and be paid handsomely for it. Oversimplified, if your land is a lowly 2-on-a-scale-of-10, you will benefit by upgrading your land to a level-3 or level-4.  You will benefit each year that you upgrade your land towards its indigenous original condition, usually treed. If your land is already a level-8 or level-9, then you will be paid annually for not clear-cutting your property. To file, you'd submit before-and-after pictures and a full detail of the remediation, including the acreage involved. Of course, it's not that simple, but this oversimplification explains the objective and reward. 

The maximum rewards

Will occur in the first few years, when few landowners will bother to participate or file for rewards. The UN legislation requires that the Trillion Dollars be spent in the year it is received, so if few people apply to the Trillion Dollar fund, then the Trillion will be divided up amongst those who have filed. Initially, you might have a one-acre yard that you upgrade. We foresee grandmothers making millions by converting an awful backyard into a tree-growing area. Of course, some large landowners will make a fortune by participating. 

What can you do to benefit?  

Because it doesn't matter where on the globe that you produce tree-growing, you could make a fortune by buying up land where land is cheap - say, Bolivia. Planting is cheap, it just takes seeds or seedlings and a bit of water management. There will probably be more wealth created by the Kyoto Agreement than was made in the Gold Rush. Good Luck.

If you have financial resources: Let us show you some earth-positive opportunities that will yield significant financial gains, and help the planet.

If you have land ownership resources: There are huge opportunities created by the Kyoto Protocol.

If you have seedling management experience: In the fields of seedling propagation & replanting.

If you have media experience and access to mass-media: You can help by telling others about these genuine opportunities.

If you have none of the above, but would like to help, please get onto our e-mailing list now anyway. The Kyoto Protocol was created without government support by ordinary folks with little money. You can make a difference.

Watch this space for further details as they unfold.

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