Werner Kurz from the Pacific Forestry Centre is an expert who I go to when I ask about that. There is a carbon lag when you cut down a tree. There's no doubt about that. If the tree is not regenerated, if the forest is not regenerated, that wood is not carbon neutral. If it goes into a building and then it ultimately gets burned, it is not carbon neutral.
On November 8th, 2017. See this statement in context.