“AUSTRALIAN forestry is a net carbon sink and its inclusion in the national emissions trading scheme (ETS) could help drive international greenhouse policy.
That’s a key recommendation of Australia’s forestry industry in a joint submission to Professor Ross Garnaut’s ETS report, which is due out this Friday.
Signatories are the Australian Plantation Products and Paper Industry Council (A3P), National Association of Forest Industries, the CFMEU, Timber Communities Australia, Australian Forest Growers and the Treefarmers Investment Managers Association.”

“Australian senators opposed to the new scheme of tax breaks for forests have warned investors not to invest money, even though the law has been passed.”