- News
- Markets
- News Direct
- Trading
- Market Players
- Forum
- Events
- Subscribe
- Carbon Market Directory
- Books, Music and Films
No carbon-zero without new forests
Tuesday 23 Jun 20 12:00pm
GOVERNMENT suggestions that it will limit forestry conversions to 40,000 hectares a year could prevent the country being carbon-neutral by 2050, forest owners says.
Zero-carbon legislation passed last year says emissions of biological methane must be cut by between 24 per cent to 47 per cent by mid-century, with net-zero emissions of all other greenhouse gases.
Story copyright © Carbon News 2020
Subscriber Content - You need to log in
To access this Carbon News information right now, please accept our 7 DAY FREE TRIAL subscription offer. Simply click the Subscribe button and follow the steps.
We send you a reminder before we charge your card or send an invoice before your FREE trial ends. We'll also remind you before we automatically renew your annual subscription. We will also ask you for updated credit card or invoicing information at this time, if necessary.
Please enjoy your 7 day FREE trial.
Login
Latest in Forestry
- Norway hikes cash for rainforests, seeking corporate help to slow losses (26 Nov 20)
- Carbon farming makes space for native forests (23 Nov 20)
- Climate crisis finds ample answers in world’s trees (18 Nov 20)
- Forestry’s climate impact ‘invisible’ under UN rules, experts say (23 Oct 20)
- Biorefinery boost to forestry (9 Oct 20)
- CARBON FORESTS: First, prove there's a problem, says Parker (18 Sep 20)
- Restoring forests can reduce greenhouse gases (24 Aug 20)
- OPINION: NZ pellet industry is clean (16 Jul 20)
- We'll need more building wood, say growers (7 Jul 20)
- No carbon-zero without new forests (23 Jun 20)