Islands Trust News Release ~ Input on Proposed Budget
Monday, June 2, 2014 at 8:35PM In a new report commissioned by the Islands Trust Fund, UBC researchers found that forests in the Islands Trust area store and sequester more carbon than remaining Coastal Douglas-fir zone forests outside the Trust area.
The new mapping provides an important communication tool showing that if forests in the Islands Trust area were protected, the Islands Trust area has the capacity to be a major sink for carbon produced in the region.
The following news release (and backgrounder) regarding this topic may be of interest to your readers. Thank you so much for considering this news for your publication.
News release and backgrounder attached or found online here. Full report and associated mapping can be found here.
Christine Rikley
Communications and Fundraising Specialist
Islands Trust Fund
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