absorb way more carbon than the entire territory emits — most of the time. Carbon stocks, said Olesinski, are a “snapshot” of carbon in the forest at a given point in time. (which are almost entirely in the Taiga Plains ecoregion) were usually a sink for carbon, sucking in, on average, 7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. In 2019 alone, managed forests — which represent just 17 per cent of all forests in the N.W.T. Groenewegen said on average, managed forests sequester four times more carbon dioxide than the N.W.T.

Source: CBC News September 14, 2022 19:51 UTC