Carbon Farming vs Traditional Forestry

A pine block can be grown for timber, for carbon, or for both. Under averaging accounting the owner can take carbon income up to the averaging age and still harvest for timber without handing units back, as long as the block is replanted.

The guide compares the economics, shows where carbon tends to win, such as remote or steep land, and where timber wins, such as near mills and ports, and looks at the effect on land values and on local jobs.