Native trees may be slow starters when it comes to sequestering carbon dioxide, but when they get going, they really get going. And the carbon dioxide stays in those trees for a very, very long timeI certainly hope not. As the Climate Change Commission pointed out earlier this year, both the Government and the Opposition have got themselves into a total muddle about forestry policy. Native trees may be slow starters when it comes to sequestering carbon dioxide, but when they get going, they really get going. And you, the two Chrises, would in the process write your names into the pantheon of climate heroes.
