Hidden carbon emissions from wood use

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Hidden carbon emissions from wood use
Hidden carbon emissions from wood use

Forests play an important role on the path to carbon neutrality by 2045. On the one hand, they provide wood, a replenishable raw material, which can be used to substitute carbon-intensive materials such as steel and concrete as well as energy sources such as coal or natural gas. At the same time, however, forests themselves can be carbon stores and help to reduce the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This carbon sink capacity of the forest increases at the landscape level the less intensively forests are used, i.e. first and foremost the less wood is harvested. When considering the question as to whether the harvesting and use of wood results in an overall reduction in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, these effects must be taken into account. The infographic shows the differences in sink capacities between intensive and extensive wood use.
For more information please refer to the Oeko-Institut website on "CO₂ Storage Balance - Making CO₂ emissions from wood use visible" (co2-speichersaldo.de/en/index.html)

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