News Finding: Wood-based construction consumes much less energy than concrete or steel construction.
Paper Finding: Others point out that forest carbon, as well as biodiversity and other values, needs to be examined across a landscape of many stands PerezGarcia et al., 2005b; .
News Context: About 12 percent to 19 percent of annual global fossil fuel consumption would be saved including savings achieved because scrap wood and unsellable materials could be burned for energy, replacing fossil fuel consumption. Wood-based construction consumes much less energy than concrete or steel construction. Through efficient harvesting and product use, more CO2 is saved through the avoided emissions, materials, and wood energy than is lost from the harvested forest.
Paper Context: Even in forests with a low danger of catastrophic fires, differences in the calculated forest carbon savings or loss from harvest is because different analyses address the impacts immediately after harvest or after forest regrowth . Others point out that forest carbon, as well as biodiversity and other values, needs to be examined across a landscape of many stands PerezGarcia et al., 2005b; . Individual stands fluctuate widely in CO 2 sequestered with harvest and regrowth, but these fluctuations are offset across the landscape with other stands being harvested and regrowing at different times.