It is looking like forest carbon offsets are a sham. https://theconversation.com/satellites-detect-no-real-climate-benefit-from-10-years-of-forest-carbon-offsets-in-california-193943
@gersh
John Oliver has a great segment where he covered this, goes over the ways in which they lie about offsets.
@gersh most offsets on the market are. It's a lot easier to produce a fraudulent offset than a real one, and the PR value is similar.