https://earth.org/tasmania-negative-carbon/
"Tasmania has become one of the first places in the world to significantly
reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve net carbon negative emissions by
cutting down logging activities, according to new research.
To date, only two countries have successfully gone carbon negative: Bhutan and
Suriname. But according to a new scientific study published in the
Environmental Research Letters by Griffith University’s Professor Brendan
Mackey and Australian National University’s Professor David Lindenmeyer, the
island state in Australia can also claim the rare achievement due to the
drastic change in forest management in 2011/12.
During that time, two Australian environmentalist millionaires, Graeme Wood and
Jan Cameron bought the then world’s largest woodchip mill to only shut it down.
The closure of Triabunna Mill as well as the decommission of wood chipping and
paper pulp exports led to a massive drop in logging for pulpwood production in
the state’s native forests. As a result, Tasmania now absorbs and stores more
carbon dioxide than it emits."
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
