Georgia Forestry - Issue 2 - Spring 2022

GEORGIA FORESTRY
Spring 2022
Climate Mitigation Benefits
Incentivizing private landowners to invest in their forests, keep them healthy, and keep them growing
This much CO2e is currently stored by America’s forests:
PRIVATE WORKING
82,057 MMT of CO2e
PUBLIC WORKING
42,706 MMT of CO2e
PRIVATE NON-WORKING 4,296 MMT of CO2e
Like new earnings being deposited into a savings account, sequestered CO2e is added to the storage sink every year.
PUBLIC NON-WORKING 20,501 MMT of CO2e (3,465 MMT are National Parks)
(CO2e) Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (MMT) Million Metric Tons