Are Forests Carbon Sinks or Carbon Sources?

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By World Economic ForumFeb 15, 2021, 12:04 pm217 pts
By Nancy Harris and David Gibbs Forests are an important asset in the fight against climate change. New research has found that they sequester around twice as much carbon dioxide as they emit, classifying them as a carbon sink. Forests emitted on average 8.1 billion metric tonnes of carbon dioxide and absorbed…

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