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Land use became a source of emissions for the first time ever in Finland

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Forests are the most important reserve for mitigating climate change in Finland. A substantial increase in felling, in turn, is equivalent to increasing carbon emissions. The use of round timber surged by nine per cent year-on-year to an all-time record of 85.1 million cubic metres.

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Helsinki Times

Land use became a source of emissions for the first time ever in Finland

THE LAND USE SECTOR turned from a carbon sink into a source of emissions for the first time ever in Finland in 2021. Statistics Finland on Wednesday reported based on its preliminary data that greenhouse gas emissions stayed roughly unchanged last year, but the carbon sink of forests contracted significantly as a result of intensive felling and the falling trend in the increment of the growing stock detected in compiling the national forest inve…

2 years ago·Finland

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