sustainable forest management - Forestry Tasmania

Forest carbon and climate change
Forestry Tasmania welcomes the research on climate
change and on the role we can play in this challenge. It is
undisputed that forests are central in the solution to this
complex issue. All the science agrees that growing trees
absorb carbon and that forests and wood products store
carbon.
Forestry Tasmania agrees that we should maintain longterm
carbon stores in our forests. To do this we need to
maintain similar amounts, types and ages of forest into
Figure 25. Tasmania CO2 emission profile
the future. Forestry Tasmania already achieves this goal,
as a key requirement of sustainably managing Tasmania’s
forests.
As part of Forestry Tasmania’s ongoing commitment
to engage with its stakeholders and maintain lines of
communication with the public, Forestry Tasmania
participated in a number of public forums such as Forests
and Climate Change – Issues in a Tasmanian Context. It
is important that Forestry Tasmania shares its expertise
and knowledge with the community so that people are
informed about forest carbon and understand that wellmanaged
forests are part of the climate solution.
Figure 25. Tasmania CO 2
emission profile
4
3
Mt CO2-e 2
-e* *
2
1
0
-1
-1
-2
-2
-3
-3
Stationary energy
Industrial processes
Afforestation && reforestation
Net Net LULUCF
Transport
Agriculture
Land Land use change
Waste
Transport
Agriculture
Waste