A forum on BioCarbon has determined that native forests are much more valuable being kept as carbon stores to reduce the damage caused by climate change.
Margaret Blakers from the Green Institute presented at a forum on BioCarbon on Saturday at Traralgon to a packed room. She analysed the government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Green Paper and found that it found that it has flaws.
“By ignoring native forest logging it falsely promotes converting of plantation timber into carbon storage, thereby locking up plantations and encouraging continued logging of native forests.”
“It makes no sense to throw away the carbon already sequested by native forests, instead we should be utilizing our plantation timber for construction and paper making” said Margaret Blakers. “Stopping the logging and clearing of native forests will produce an immediate decrease in Australia’s annual carbon emissions of about 18%.”
“Native forests are best at storing carbon and plantations are best at growing wood” said Ms Blakers.
For more information:
Margaret Blakers 0419 877 325
Andrea Millsom 0417 555 742