Agriculture and Forest

Climate policy in agriculture and forestry  


Greenhouse gases (especially carbon dioxide) become stored in plants and soil, which we thus refer to as carbon sinks. Forests and soil ecosystems are highly significant as carbon sinks. Unrenewable energy sources, raw materials or products can be replaced by renewable biomass, such as wood-derived products and arable biomass.

Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture have decreased by about a fifth from 1990 and the positive trend is expected to continue. This means that the agri-environmental measures have been highly successful.