Planting pine or native forest for carbon capture isn’t the only choice – NZ can have the best of both
- Written by: Sebastian Leuzinger, Professor of Environmental Science, Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand’s per-capita contribution to carbon emissions is very high by international comparison. But so too is its potential to mitigate climate change by planting forests to quickly sequester large amounts of carbon.
There is sometimes passionate debate about how best to do this. Should we continue establishing radiata pine plantations,...
