Study: 10 UNESCO forests emit more CO2 than they soak up

In this June 11, 2019, file photo, canyon walls are shrouded with smoke from a prescribed burn in Kings Canyon National Park, Calif. Ten of the world's most treasured forests and nature reserves, including those in Yosemite National Park in the United States and Sumatra's tropical rainforest in Indonesia, have gone from being net consumers of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to net generators of it, a new U.N.-backed report shows. The first of its kind study by the International Union for Cons

October 29, 2021

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Sites containing some of the world's most treasured forests, including the Yosemite National Park and Indonesia's Sumatra rainforest, have been emitting more heat-trapping carbon dioxide than they have absorbed in recent years, a U.N.-backed report said. According to the report released Thursday, factors like logging, wildfires and clearance of land for agriculture are to blame. The excess carbon turns up from just 10 of 257 forests classified among UNESCO World Heritage sites.

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