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New Zealand officials have rejected claims by Canadian conservation groups that proposals to change the carbon accounting rules for harvested forests was “cheating”. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry adviser Bryan Smith said the use of exotic plantation trees as carbon "sinks" was a significant issue for New Zealand. "A lot of trees were planted in a short period of time. They're coming up for maturity and they're going to be harvested by the forest industry," he said. "The vast majority will be replanted, they'll regrow and they'll soak up the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere again. Read the full story.... [ Read the original... ]

Tags: Climate Change, Forestry, MAF, World Forestry News