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The policies of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change contain a dangerous loophole that allows for carbon dioxide (CO2) emission from burning wood biofuel. This CO2 emission from burning forests for energy is therefore not counted in the nations’ CO2 emission accounting systems because it’s been declared “renewable.” This means that, over time, forest regrowth can capture the released carbon from the original clearcut—but only if the cut forests are allowed to regrow enough to pay back the carbon debt, which is questionable. But even if they are allowed that time, the problem is the length of time. It takes 44-104 years, as research has shown, to repay the debt which is way too long to be anything but counterproductive to meeting the Paris Agreement limits. It only diminishes our chances to meet them. 
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Johnny Armstrong, Author
#Biodiversity advocate. Ecosystem Restorationist. Steward of an old-growth forest and woodland in northern Louisiana. #ForestFolkMatter #ScienceMatters Rescuing Biodiversity (publishing in June 2023) tells the story of Johnny's attempts at Wafer Creek Ranch to preserve a vanishing Louisiana ecosystem and restore the animal and plant species that once lived there.
“An avowed student of life and restoration ecology, Johnny Armstrong expertly teaches us how to restore an imperiled southern ecosystem based on deep research, firsthand experience, and delighted observation of the species that return to his beloved Wafer Creek Ranch. Driving his devotion is the alarming truth that loss of biodiversity poses a threat on par with climate change and his impassioned belief that society can alter that trajectory, one acre at a time.”
Cindy Brown, Executive Director Land Trust for Louisiana 
“Up there on your bookshelf between Tolkien and Watership Down is where this book belongs. As an anthropomorphic adventure that winds through the realm of animals possessing courage, savagery, perseverance, and ultimately wisdom in the face of mounting evil threats – humans disconnected from the natural world – the tale is relevant, if not necessary.”
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