Glasgow Forest Pact Runs Short on Funding while Canada ‘Gives Industrial Logging a Free Pass’ – The Energy Mix:

Governments are failing to report the annual release of more than 80
megatonnes (Mt) per year of greenhouse gases from boreal forests,
Environmental Defence Canada, Nature Canada, Nature Québec, and Natural
Resources Defense Council conclude, in a report [pdf] released
in the week leading up to the COP. That’s a significant increase over
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s economy-wide estimate of 730 Mt
per year.

The report says Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), the federal
department that does the carbon accounting for the forestry sector,
creates an artificial carbon sink by excluding the impact of major
wildfires in primary forest (areas undisturbed by significant human
disturbance) and annual clearcutting of 400,000 hectares. The NRCan
inventory in 2019 said managed forests were a net annual carbon source
of 5 Mt, but a more accurate assessment would be 85 Mt, according to
Jennifer Skene, natural climate solutions policy manager with NRDC’s
International Program.

Protecting forests is essential to avoid the worst impacts of climate
change because trees absorb one-third of human-caused carbon emissions
from the atmosphere. Canada’s boreal forests hold some of the world’s
last large stretches of primary forest, which plays a crucial role in
achieving a sustainable future, the report notes.

Glasgow Forest Pact Runs Short on Funding while Canada ‘Gives Industrial Logging a Free Pass’ – The Energy Mix: Governments are failing to report the annual release of more than 80
megatonnes (Mt) per year of greenhouse gases from boreal forests,
Environmental Defence Canada, Nature Canada, Nature Québec, and Natural
Resources Defense Council conclude, in a report [pdf] released
in the week leading up to the COP. That’s a significant increase over
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s economy-wide estimate of 730 Mt
per year.The report says Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), the federal
department that does the carbon accounting for the forestry sector,
creates an artificial carbon sink by excluding the impact of major
wildfires in primary forest (areas undisturbed by significant human
disturbance) and annual clearcutting of 400,000 hectares. The NRCan
inventory in 2019 said managed forests were a net annual carbon source
of 5 Mt, but a more accurate assessment would be 85 Mt, according to
Jennifer Skene, natural climate solutions policy manager with NRDC’s
International Program.Protecting forests is essential to avoid the worst impacts of climate
change because trees absorb one-third of human-caused carbon emissions
from the atmosphere. Canada’s boreal forests hold some of the world’s
last large stretches of primary forest, which plays a crucial role in
achieving a sustainable future, the report notes.Read More