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Joel Fitzgibbon

Careful harvest of native forests is key to carbon capture

There is no rational reason to shut down native forestry – and a big bonus in carbon sequestration.

Global demand for wood products is forecast to dramatically outpace supply in coming years as urban populations grow further and renewable wood and innovative wood products play a greater role in our decarbonisation and circular bioeconomy efforts.

As this becomes increasingly apparent, many more Australians will learn to ignore the deliberately misleading campaigns of activists intent on closing down our sustainable native forest industries.

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Joel Fitzgibbon is chair of the Australian Forest Products Association.

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