Comment by ukoki

It doesn't matter if it rots, burns etc -- all that matters is that it rots slower than the time it took to grow the wood it was made of

Eg:

You have a forest of trees that take 20 years to mature

You cut the trees and regrow the forest every 20 years

You use the timber to build houses (or furniture or whatever) that are _on average_ replaced after 60 years.

This will pull 3x the carbon from the atmosphere than just the forest by itself