Cepi considers it essential that carbon farming certification methodologies support the European bioeconomy and strengthen the EU’s strategic autonomy by promoting forest growth, thereby enhancing carbon sinks while increasing the availability of wood for processing. The forest-based sector contributes to climate change mitigation in three ways: through carbon sequestration in forests, carbon storage in forests and harvested wood products, and the substitution of fossil-based materials and energy. Carbon removal certification should aim to optimise this combined mitigation potential, by enabling the value-chain contribution of the forest sector.
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