OUR FOREST CARBON
Why protecting our native forests
is real action on climate change.
OUR REPORTS
The Tree Projects has published three leading reports which show, for the first time, how many emissions are coming from the native forest logging sector. Download the reports here:
THE SIMPLE FACTS
THE LOGGING OF AUSTRALIA’S NATIVE FORESTS RELEASES VAST AMOUNTS OF CARBON DIOXIDE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.
Due to the way that emissions are reported, the emissions from native forest logging are not separated from the carbon dioxide absorbed by our forests. Only a net figure is reported. This net figure makes it impossible to tell how many greenhouse gas emissions are coming from native forest logging.
Our Forest Carbon Reports outlines how the native forest logging emits approximately 11.2 million tonnes of carbon (CO2e) per year. In Tasmania, native forest logging is the highest emitting sector in Tasmania.
WHEN A NATIVE FOREST IS LOGGED…
The majority of the forest is either wood-chipped and turned into temporary products such as paper, or is left behind as waste. Long-lasting wood products such as sawn timber, plywood and engineered wood used in buildings and furniture represent only around 4-6% of the forest’s carbon.
Ending native forest logging is real action on climate change.
If native forest logging ended in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, we could prevent 212 million tonnes from entering the atmosphere by 2050.
That’s an equivalent emissions saving as converting 10% of Australian homes to solar power.
We need to take immediate action on climate change. Not only do we need to reduce emissions, we also need to draw down carbon from the atmosphere. Protecting forests is a low-cost, effective and immediate way of achieving this.