Contender 2: Increase the inventory of Forests to capture CO2

Contender 2: Increase the inventory of Forests to capture CO2

Forests can be grown as additional sinks fixing Carbon dioxide
from the atmosphere. However, this will be a temporary benefit only
given that when the forests are burned or harvested,
the carbon store will be released to atmosphere
as the products are burned or decompose.

However, if the total area of forest is increased
on a sustained basis,
the total inventory of carbon stored in forests
will increase.

Australian Forest Growers, and the Forest Products Commission