Doesn’t large scale forestry create greenhouse gas emissions?
Managing woodlands does cause some emissions, in terms of fuel used by vehicles, harvesting machines, chainsaws etc. Recent calculations suggest that in 2008 the amount of CO2 emitted during forest operations to manage the UK’s woodlands was around 2% of the total carbon sequestered. Overall the UK’s forests currently (in 2010) soak up around 10 Million tonnes of CO2 per year.
