Keeling Curve

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How Project Affects Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions:

['Removes/stores GHGs (e.g., projects that capture, sequester, or otherwise enhance the "sinks" that accumulate and store GHGs)']

Impact on Underrepresented Groups:

The target market of Soil Doctors is low-income people farming
rural dry areas. Research shows that the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands
(ASALs) of Kenya make up over 80 percent of the country,
covering 29 counties and a population of about 16 million people,
while in Africa, the ASALS comprise of about 55 percent of the
land. Due to these low rains, the region is susceptible to climate
change and is regularly affected by famine. Application of carbon
sink planters will guarantee survival rate of the young trees
growing in dry lands by 85% compared to the normal (30%). Soil Doctors contribute to restoring the global
ecosystem by manufacturing microclimate planters that increase
the seedling/ sapling survival rate by over 85 percent in water
-scarce settings. The planters minimize water and time used to
irrigate young trees through a water conservation technique in the
planter. By turning waste into biochar and making carbon sink
planters that utilizes rock minerals such as olivine with previous
scientific studies showing that1kg of olivine absorbs 1kg of CO2
from atmosphere, Soil Doctors helps in capturing greenhouse
gases in the atmosphere.

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Mission Statement:

Soil Doctors mission is to manufacture and promote application of
cost effective carbon sink planters for treating degraded soils and
arresting CO2.

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