Alternatively the wood can serve as fuel, in which case an important part of the plant-stored C returns to the atmosphere.
While Carbon sequestration per se may be insignificant in the latter scenario, producing firewood from arable or grazed land may still present interesting opportunities in CO2 mitigation through: (1) the protection of existing forests and other natural landscapes; (2) the conservation of soil productivity; and (3) the reduction of fossil energy consumption by using wood as energy sources