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Comment 1 for Comments on Guidance for the Newly Adopted U.S. Forest Projects Compliance Offset Protocol (july27-forestry-ws) - 1st Workshop.
First Name: Bob
Last Name: Moncrieff
Email Address: rolomo@earthlink.net
Affiliation: Sierra Club
Subject: Carbon Sequestration by Forests
Comment:
A recent article in the San Jose MercuryNews (8/9/15, B-1)
discussed the importance of control of industrial emmissions by
auctions, cap and trade, etc. Why has there not been similar focus
on preservation of carbon sequestration by the extensive forested
watersheds of California? The Sierra Club has for several years
been seeking public support to terminate the highly destructive
timber harvest practice known as clear-cutting. Though approved by
the Board of Forestry, that operation involves virtually all tree
cover on 20 acre tracts, to prepare for tree farms aimed at
corporate some 20 years in the future That is an inexcusable loss
of trees' capacity to store carbon and keep it out of the
atmosphere, along with the role of forests in water retention
during our drought.
How could the California Air Resources Board support that
effort, recognizing that there is no human system to equal what
nature's photosynthesis?
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2015-08-10 20:43:08
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