Greenhouse footprint of wood products

Its well known that growing trees absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis and store the carbon. Even more amazing is the fact that about half the dry weight of a tree or wood product is carbon, with one tonne of carbon representing 3.67 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

But did you know a high proportion of the carbon in solid forest products remains stored in the product (in service and in landfills) for a period of at least 50 years - much longer than previously thought. Join researcher Fabiano Ximenes as he talks about wood, carbon and climate change.