News Finding: They found that increasing the wood harvest to the equivalent of 34 percent or more of annual wood growth would have profound and positive effects:
  
  Between 14 percent and 31 percent of global CO2 emissions could be avoided by preventing emissions related to steel and concrete; by storing CO2 in the cellulose and lignin of wood products; and other factors.
Paper Finding: This reduction would require 34 to 100% of the world's wood growth (Figure 6a of wood use.
News Context: Despite an established forest conservation theory holding that tree harvesting should be strictly minimized to prevent the loss of biodiversity and to maintain carbon storage capacity, the study shows that sustainable management of wood resources can achieve both goals while also reducing fossil fuel burning. They found that increasing the wood harvest to the equivalent of 34 percent or more of annual wood growth would have profound and positive effects:
  
  Between 14 percent and 31 percent of global CO2 emissions could be avoided by preventing emissions related to steel and concrete; by storing CO2 in the cellulose and lignin of wood products; and other factors. emissions could be avoided by preventing emissions related to steel and concrete; by storing in the cellulose and lignin of wood products; and other factors.
Paper Context: Globally, both enough extra wood can be harvested sustainably and enough infrastructure of buildings and bridges needs to be built to reduce annual CO 2 emissions by 14 to 31% and FF consumption by 12 to 19% if part of this infrastructure were made of wood. This reduction would require 34 to 100% of the world's wood growth (Figure 6a of wood use. Consequently, efficient wood use could make an important but not overwhelming contribution to saving CO 2 and FF globally, even if only part of its potential savings were realized.