News Finding: Through efficient harvesting and product use, more CO 2 is saved through the avoided emissions, materials, and wood energy than is lost from the harvested forest.
Paper Finding: Unless extremely efficient, wood burned solely for energy (energy pathway) without being the residual of wood product manufacture saves less CO 2 than was in the unburned wood.
News Context: Wood-based construction consumes much less energy than concrete or steel construction. Through efficient harvesting and product use, more CO 2 is saved through the avoided emissions, materials, and wood energy than is lost from the harvested forest. "This study shows still another reason to appreciate forests -- and another reason to not let them be permanently cleared for agriculture," said Chadwick Oliver, the Pinchot Professor of Forestry and Environmental Studies, director of the Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry at F&ES and lead author of the new study.
Paper Context: Compared to avoidance and storage pathways, relatively little CO 2 and FF are saved by the wood energy used to manufacture wood products. Unless extremely efficient, wood burned solely for energy (energy pathway) without being the residual of wood product manufacture saves less CO 2 than was in the unburned wood. Wood energy can save FF, although less than using wood for most solid products (Figure 4b ).