[dcolkitt]

> However, I do believe just multiplying trees by weight does not accurately describe what carbon sequestration is.

That's a fair point. The IPCC gives an estimate of 109 tonnes per acre of tropical forest. Which is about an order of magnitude higher than my original estimate.

But even with those numbers, deforestation is basically a rounding error compared to fossil fuel emissions. The Bolsonaro admin has increased deforestation rates by 278%, or an annual rate increase of 4500 sq km. Using the IPCC numbers, that's 110 million tonnes of Carbon per year.

That's less than one week of America's carbon emissions. Less than one day of global carbon emissions. The point is that from a climate standpoint, current rates of deforestation are largely inconsequential compared to fossil fuel emissions. It's almost certainly more effective to spend political and economic capital on energy efficiency and renewables.