Economy & Employment · Kachchh, Gujarat, India
Carbon-credit buyers turn invasive Banni tree into a biochar business
Published
Companies are paying for Prosopis juliflora from Kachchh's Banni grasslands to be converted into biochar, including a large carbon-removal purchase announced by Google, creating a market around a tree originally planted to address another environmental problem.
Why it matters
The model could bring income and invasive-species removal, but its climate value and effects on pastoral livelihoods depend on how extraction, accounting and land access are governed.
Evidence assessment
Mongabay India reports the commercial arrangements and history of the invasive tree. Long-term carbon storage and distribution of local economic benefits remain open questions.
Medium confidence — The event is supported by the supplied report and is stated with attribution; unresolved details are identified in the evidence note.
Coverage assessment
Developing across 1 source desk.
Available reporting establishes the immediate development, while implementation, results or follow-up remain open.