1.0Ecosystem Marketplacehttps://www.ecosystemmarketplace.comrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="EccUsKTYA3"><a href="https://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/articles/brazilian-landowners-can-now-offset-past-deforestation-with-future-protection/">Brazilian Landowners Can Now Offset Past Deforestation With Future Protection</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/articles/brazilian-landowners-can-now-offset-past-deforestation-with-future-protection/embed/#?secret=EccUsKTYA3" width="600" height="338" title="“Brazilian Landowners Can Now Offset Past Deforestation With Future Protection” — Ecosystem Marketplace" data-secret="EccUsKTYA3" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_1399.jpg175175The Brazilian government this week approved a mechanism that lets property owners who deforested more than their legal limit before 2008 offset their “forest debt” by purchasing credits from landowners who have not. Proponents say it could save 10 million hectares of forest, while critics say the larger policy still lets too many environmental scofflaws off the hook.