"Figure 26: Carbon sequestration sees continued growth in 2017","" "Carbon sequestration, million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, UK, 1998 to 2017","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Million tonnes of CO2 equivalent" "","" "","Net carbon sequestration","Gross carbon sequestration" "1998","9.55","26.01" "1999","8.90","25.57" "2000","8.95","25.93" "2001","9.63","26.40" "2002","10.62","26.82" "2003","10.81","27.03" "2004","11.60","27.13" "2005","12.09","27.40" "2006","12.73","27.75" "2007","13.17","27.77" "2008","14.01","28.43" "2009","14.15","28.59" "2010","14.25","28.51" "2011","14.39","28.23" "2012","12.41","26.08" "2013","13.86","27.35" "2014","14.35","27.64" "2015","14.65","27.76" "2016","14.92","27.99" "2017","15.08","27.96"