Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is Trees for Travel?
2. What are the aims of Trees for Travel?
3. Why do greenhouse gases need to be offset?
4. How do I offset my flight with Trees for Travel?
5. Why don't the airline companies participate?
6. Why are there no laws concerning flight travel sourced greenhouse gas emissions?
7. Why do I have to offset for extra gas emissions and not just CO2?
8. How are the CO2 emissions calculated?
9. How do the certificates work?
10. Is Trees for Travel a registred charity?
11. How does carbon offsetting work?
12. How many trees need to be planted in order to offset my emissions?
13. How much CO2 does a tree absorb?
14. What influence do forests have on the greenhouse effect?
15. Is there enough space for forestry projects?
16. Can the present climate change problem be solved by planting forests?
17. What is better: European or Tropical forest?
18.
What sort of forest is planted?
19. Why not just plant fast growing tree species?
20. Isn't it more important to protect existing forests?
21. Isn't carbon offsetting just a load of hot air?
22. Aren't CO2 certificates just a luxurious indulgence?
23. Doesn't the forest have to be already growing to offset my emissions?