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Donald Butler

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Donald Butler is a professor at the Australian National University and an ecologist and biogeographer focused on evidence-based approaches to landscape management and biodiversity conservation. He previously held senior roles in the Queensland Government, where he led the ecosystem survey and mapping team at the Queensland Herbarium and served as the inaugural Chief Scientist of the Land Restoration Fund, developing its co-benefit verification standard and helping establish Accounting for Nature.

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Oct 31 2025

Carbon credits are failing to help with climate change — here’s why

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Carbon Market · Carbon

The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed

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