Can somebody help me understand this please: why would we ever give out carbon credits for not chopping down a forest? “Here’s a forest we shouldn’t cut down anyway. Because we’re not cutting it down, now you can burn more fossil fuels!”

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/20/nsw-liberal-plan-to-generate-carbon-credits-by-ending-logging-in-state-forests-snubbed-by-federal-labor

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NSW Liberal plan to generate carbon credits by ending logging in state forests snubbed by federal Labor

Exclusive: State ministers touted ‘significant carbon abatement’ plus benefits for threatened species and regional economies

^{Peter Hannam (The Guardian)}