Forest Pest Damage from the Carbon Sequestration Perspective
Leigh Greenwood from The Nature Conservancy presents information about a study published in Fall 2021 in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change that calculated forests damaged by insects sequestered 69% less carbon than undamaged forests, while those affected by disease sequestered 28% less carbon. Also covered is the overarching findings of the study, as well as what it means from the invasive forest pest perspective- including how to bring this issue to light when discussing prevention and management of forest pests, and what improvements to current actions could further mitigate these sequestration losses.
