Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, , 3:30:44 to 3:31:58
Senator Colbeck argues that active forest management and timber products store more carbon than simply locking up native forests, questioning the department's assessment methods.
Topics: Forestry, Carbon farming, Climate change
Speakers: Speaker 8, Speaker 12, Speaker 1
>> Thank you Senator. One other thing um I'm sure my my colleagues in DQ don't ignore Abears. Obviously you've heard um the quality of their analysis.
>> Well, no. And and I would agree with you 100%. The the quality of their analysis is very good having worked with them um in various circumstances over a long period of time. Um my problem is some of the rubbish that we get out the other side in respect of um we'll have we should lock all this up for carbon storage when we know the story is managing it taking advantage of the environmental services and storing of carbon in timber products over time you'll end up storing more carbon by utilizing and managing the forest than you will by just locking it up. Um but that doesn't seem to be what comes out the other side when we say, "Oh, we should just lock all this up to >> store more carbon." It's based on dodgy assessments over less than life cycle time frames to give an answer that's politically expedient, not one
that's factual. >> Thanks, Senator Co. Senator McDonald, do you still want the call?