Assessment of the overall carbon storage in a teak plantation in Kanchanaburi province, Thailand – Implications for carbon-based incentives

Chayaporn, Pinyarat; Sasaki, Nophea; Venkatappa, Manjunatha; Abe, Issei

doi:10.1016/j.cesys.2021.100023

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“…It is also much higher than Jha et al's [36] report of a mean gain in aboveground biomass of 143 t/ha (67 tC/ha) over the first 20 years of natural regeneration in Khao Yai National Park, Central Thailand (with similar climatic conditions as the present study), derived from remote-sensing data. In addition, it contrasts starkly with the AGTB of 17-year-old teak plantations in western Thailand-just 34 t/ha (16 tC/ha) [37]. Furthermore, tree-carbon stocks in the restoration plots in the present study, exceeded those in nearby old growth forest remnants 16-17 years after initiating restoration interventions [15].…”

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confidence: 79%

“…This is expected since, as trees age, carbon respired by non-photosynthetic, structural, tree organs increases disproportionately more than that fixed by photosynthesis [38]. Brown and Lugo [39] and Silver et al [35] reported that carbon accumulation rates, in recovering tropical secondary forests, decrease after 50-60 years and Chayaporn et al [37] also presented a logistic growth model for teak trees in Thailand, which trends towards an asymptote at 80-90 years. Clearly, additional data on the carbon balance in the later stages of logistic growth are needed, to compare carbon revenue, with other land uses over a longer time span.…”

Section: Carbonmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Financial Analysis of Potential Carbon Value over 14 Years of Forest Restoration by the Framework Species Method

Jantawong

Kavinchan

Wangpakapattanawong

et al. 2022

Forests

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The carbon storage value of forest restoration, by the framework species method (FSM) in northern Thailand, was assessed for trees (using a partial harvesting technique) and soil and compared with restoration costs. Forest carbon accumulation amounted to 143.08 tC/ha in trees and 8.56 tC/ha in soil over 14 years, with a combined value of USD 27,173.63 (net present value (NPV), discounted at 2.85%/year)) (at the current European carbon credit (EUA) price of 55.98 EUR/tCO2 = 242.21 USD/tC). Restoration costs increased from 2190.27 to 5680.72 USD/ha with declining pre-existing natural regeneration or 3.99–10.34 USD per ton of sequestered CO2. Profits over 14 years ranged in NPV from 22,215.45 to 25,157.04 USD/ha, breaking even from just over 4 years to just under 7, respectively. In contrast, profits from maize cultivation (a major regional deforestation driver) averaged 96.25 USD/ha/year, or just 1347.53 USD/ha over 14 years. Consequently, forest restoration could become a financially attractive alternative land use, provided an open, transparent, carbon market is created. Therefore, this study supports creation of a forest-carbon trading system in Thailand, to incentivize forest restoration and fire prevention, increase farmers’ incomes, reduce smoke-related public health problems, protect watersheds, and conserve biodiversity.

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confidence: 99%

Financial Analysis of Potential Carbon Value over 14 Years of Forest Restoration by the Framework Species Method

Jantawong

Kavinchan

Wangpakapattanawong

et al. 2022

Forests

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“…One of the tropical forest types is the lowland monsoon forest whereas which is dominated by teak (Nair 2004). The global teak forest can contribute to reducing carbon emissions (Chayaporn et al 2021). On the other hand, teak (Tectona grandis L.f) is a high economic valued wood in the international market (Wanneng et al 2014; with several benefits that are used for furniture, shipbuilding, indoor and outdoor equipment (Kokutse et al 2004;Miranda et al 2011;Thulasidas and Bhat 2012).…”

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Effect of spacing on growth, carbon sequestration, and wood quality of 8-year-old clonal teak plantation for sustainable forest teak management in Java Monsoon Forest, Indonesia

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Abstract. Rahmawati RB, Widiyatno, Hardiwinoto S, Budiadi, Nugroho WD, Wibowo A, Rodiana D. 2022. Effect of spacing on growth, carbon sequestration, and wood quality of 8-year-old clonal teak plantation for sustainable forest teak management in Java Monsoon Forest. Biodiversitas 23: 4180-4188. Lowland monsoon forest dominated by teak was one of the tropical forest types that can contribute to producing wood production, carbon storage, reduction of emissions, and other ecosystem services. Increasing teak forest productivity could be obtained through teak breeding to get superior teak clones with high diameter growth. Thus, spacing is an important consideration for optimizing the growth, carbon sequestration, and wood properties of teak. However, the study of the growth, carbon sequestration, and wood quality of teak was conducted separately. This research used a selected teak clone aged 8 years with RCBD design with 4 blocks as replications. There were four different spacing as treatments, namely 10 m x 2 m, 8 m x 2 m, 6 m x 2 m, and 3 m x 3 m. The results showed that spacing was a significant effect on DBH, tree height, bole height, carbon sequestration, and volume of teak clones aged 8 years. On the other hand, spacing didn’t significantly affect the physical and mechanical properties of wood. The wood quality test showed that the 6 m x 2 m spacing had high values of bending strength and compressive strength parallel. The highest percentage of heartwood was at a narrow spacing of 6 m x 2 m and did not differ significantly with wide spacing. This indicated that wide spacing was beneficial in terms of teak growth, but wide spacing didn’t significantly affect on wood quality of the teak.

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“…Thailand evidenced an average C storage of 63.3 MgC ha −1 and 42% of it stored in the harvest wood products, highlighting its potential to sequester C in aboveground biomass and contribute to mitigating climate change [85]. Potential C sequestration of rubber trees (Hevea brasiliensis Müll.Arg.)…”

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Boosting C Sequestration and Land Restoration through Forest Management in Tropical Ecosystems: A Mini-Review

Koutika¹

2022

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Soil has a major role in sequestering atmospheric CO2. This has further benefits and potential to improve soil fertility and food production, mitigate climate change, restore land degradation, and conserve ecosystem biodiversity. However, its health is increasingly being threatened by the growing population, land degradation and climate change effects. Despite its importance, soil organic carbon (SOC) is understudied in the tropics. This paper reviews how managing forests in tropical ecosystems can benefit SOC sequestration and land restoration. Sequestered SOC has the potential to improve soil fertility, as well as to reduce both land degradation and atmospheric CO2 emissions. It further improves soil structure, aggregation and water infiltration, enhances soil faunal activity and boosts nutrient cycling (C, N, P and S). Managing forest ecosystems is crucial to boost C sequestration, mitigate climate change and restore degraded lands, besides other ecosystem services they provide. Apart from managing natural forests and planted forests, afforesting, reforesting marginal or degraded lands especially when associated with specific practices (organic residue management, introducing nitrogen-fixing species) boost C storage (in both soil and biomass) and foster co-benefits as soil health improvement, food production, land restoration and mitigation of climate change. Improved soil health as a result of sequestered C is confirmed by enhanced physical, biological and chemical soil fertility (e.g., sequestered C stability through its link to N and P cycling driven by soil biota) which foster and sustain soil health.

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Assessment of the overall carbon storage in a teak plantation in Kanchanaburi province, Thailand – Implications for carbon-based incentives

Cited by 12 publications

References 19 publications

Financial Analysis of Potential Carbon Value over 14 Years of Forest Restoration by the Framework Species Method

Financial Analysis of Potential Carbon Value over 14 Years of Forest Restoration by the Framework Species Method

Effect of spacing on growth, carbon sequestration, and wood quality of 8-year-old clonal teak plantation for sustainable forest teak management in Java Monsoon Forest, Indonesia

Boosting C Sequestration and Land Restoration through Forest Management in Tropical Ecosystems: A Mini-Review

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