Wilding Pines and Carbon

Wilding conifers spread across large areas of the country every year, yet a registered stand of them earns carbon, and removing it can trigger a deforestation liability. So the ETS and the national control programme work against each other.

This guide explains which species spread most, what the ETS and the forestry environmental standard require of landowners, what that conflict means for a landowner, and two ways around it: registering only a core block and funding control from its income, or shifting a wilding stand to native forest over time.