Australia’s Minister responsible for forest industries, Senator Murray Watt has declared the sector has “a huge role to play” in Australia’s emissions reduction task. The Minister’s remarks came in a broader speech on Australia’s agriculture sector to the National Rural Press Club in Canberra yesterday. Source: Timberbiz
“Of course, the forestry industry has a huge role to play in our emissions reduction task,” Senator Watt said.
“If we get the right investment framework and the right regulation, we can create the carbon sinks that we’ll need to help remove carbon from our atmosphere.
“This is an incredibly exciting opportunity and I’m really looking forward to working with all in the sector to realise it,” he said.
Australian Forest Products Association Chief Executive Officer, Ross Hampton, said that everyone who works across forest industries knows the great work the sector does harnessing carbon from the atmosphere and locking it into essential and renewable timber and fibre products.
“It was good to hear Minister Watt formally acknowledge this, and the opportunities for the sector with respect to Australia’s emissions reduction,” he said.
“We welcome Minister Watt’s comments and reciprocate the offer to work with him and the broader Albanese Government to ensure forest industries can contribute as much as possible in the fight against climate change,” Mr Hampton said.
