Forests, largely absent from the climate bill
Forests, largely absent from the climate bill and resilience
Citizens, associations and elected officials are calling for the reintroduction into the text of proposals aimed at protecting one of the main carbon sinks.
By Perrine Mouterde Posted yesterday at 4:27 p.m., updated yesterday at 6:18 p.m.
The forest of Bocognano, in Corsica, on November 26, 2019.
The forest of Bocognano, in Corsica, November 26, 2019. PASCAL POCHARD-CASABIANCA / AFP
They looked well, they found nothing. Neither the word forest nor the words trees and wood appear in the 69 articles of the climate and resilience bill resulting from the work of the citizens’ convention. At the call of the SOS forest France collective and the Canopée Forêts vivantes association, citizens, representatives of the National Forestry Office (ONF), the deputy Mathilde Panot (La France insoumise), the ecologist MEP Marie Toussaint but also the actress Juliette Binoche met in Paris, Monday, March 1, to challenge the deputies before the debate scheduled for the end of March in the National Assembly.
“Dear government, should the tree be removed from the logo of the Climate and Resilience Act? “, Also asked on Twitter the elected of the majority Anne-Laure Cattelot, Member of Parliament for the North and author of a report on the subject. French forests, one of the main carbon sinks, absorb nearly 20% of national CO2 emissions each year. “It is absurd that there is no forestry component in the bill,” assures Mathilde Panot. There were some interesting proposals in the convention report, which all fell by the wayside. “
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