Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 May 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Paddy Purser:

The final point is that once those monocultural forests are dying, they are no longer storing or locking up carbon, but releasing it. For this reason, we must make our forests resilient and we do that by diversifying them.