By Barry Saxifrage, National Observer, March 30, 2020
Canada's managed forests, and the wood taken out of them each year, have become one of our country's largest -- and yet most confusing -- sources of climate pollution. This forest carbon explainer tells the story of:
- The climate crisis unfolding in Canada's managed forest lands, as they flip from much-needed carbon absorbers into super-emitters
- How unnatural surges in insect outbreaks and wildfires are fueling the crisis
- The troubling data showing that logging is now extracting more carbon than grows back, pushing our forests over the edge
- And finally, the government's scramble to push the crisis, and any responsibility for it, off the books