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65 million

Javier Fernández/Baskimagen

This summer it has been broadcast by the Basque Government: the forests of the autonomous community contain 65 million tonnes of carbon dioxide. It is equivalent to emissions from industry and local transport over the last fifteen years. About 55% of the Community are forests: natural and artificial forests, ponds... By species, the largest carbon balance is found in pine forests, but robledales and hayeds keep a larger number of hectares.


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