Byron H. Swift

Oct 14, 2024 | news.mongabay.com | Byron H. Swift

Byron Swift, a conservationist with over 40 years of experience working across Latin America, argues that biodiversity credits are fundamentally flawed and not a viable solution to the extinction crisis. He contends that while market mechanisms like carbon and biodiversity credits aim to address conservation and emissions reduction, they face significant challenges that undermine their effectiveness.

Apr 23, 2024 | atlanticcouncil.org | Byron H. Swift |Ken Berlin |George Frampton |Frank Willey

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance Energy Transitions The flaws in project-based carbon credit trading and the need for jurisdictional alternatives This issue brief highlights several significant, and at times unresolvable, problems with the project-based approach to carbon credit trading, the purpose of which is to reduce deforestation and sequester carbon. Beginning with first-hand observations of the principal author during his experience with forest conservation efforts in...