Carbon credit accounting: the model CO2FIX v. 3.1 applied to a beech stand under Forest Management in southern Italy

Scarfò, Francesco; Mercurio, Riccardo

doi:10.3832/efor0587-006

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“…These results were expected due to lower forest growth after 7 years of plant development (Figure 5A). Estimation models were developed and described in the literature (SCARFÓ; MERCURIO, 2009;SPECHT;WEST, 2003) provide the measurability of carbon sequestered by a tree, furthermore, in case the forest is harvested, the amount of carbon can be even measured by weighting the wood obtained after the forest is cut at the end of the cycle.…”

Section: Forest Growth and Carbon Creditsmentioning

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Breakeven price of CO2 credits driving farmers to use the area to plant forest instead of grain

Palumbo,

Ferraz-Almeida

2023

Ciênc. Florest.

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Afforestation and reforestation were the challenges the farmer can seize to plant a culture that can capture more carbon than the amount emitted for cultivation. Assuming that the land was legally rented and owned, and part of an area that had not been obtained through recent deforestation, the main questions were: “why a farmer should have preferred to reserve the area to plant trees?”; and “How much did one ton of Carbon Dioxide [CO2] have to be rewarded to buy this opportunity?” This work had the target to estimate which was the minimum price for carbon credit so that the farmer will plant a forest instead of using the soil for grain cultivation. Based on the analysis that economic aspects and profit were the main drivers considered by the farmer to decide how to use the soil in case the area was not classified as Legal Reserve or Permanent Protection Area, seeking the usage which maximized the value per hectare. Considering a eucalyptus commercial forest planted under the premises of the current study, results showed that a price of around 24 BRL per ton of CO2 in 2021 is enough to turn it economically feasible. Business case had been estimated with and without profit coming from the commercial use of forest, and even assuming that no wood is cut and sold, the 2021 price of 40,48 BRL per ton of CO2 can ensure more profit than grain production over 14 years timeframe, allowing the farmer to make money beyond the usual commercial use of a forest.

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Section: Forest Growth and Carbon Creditsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Breakeven price of CO2 credits driving farmers to use the area to plant forest instead of grain

Palumbo,

Ferraz-Almeida

2023

Ciênc. Florest.

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“…Ad ogni modo, viste le prospettive future, in que sta fase è opportuno indirizzare le azioni di ricerca verso la sperimentazione di sistemi selvicolturali e forme di trattamento che consentano la massimizza zione della capacità di fissazione di carbonio dei po polamenti forestali mentre, per i proprietari e le am ministrazioni, è opportuno prepararsi ad un even tuale entrata in gioco, munendosi degli strumenti di pianificazione e certificazione disponibili (Scarfò & Mercurio 2009). …”

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Voluntary offsetting actions: SISEF congress at impact zero: appropriate choice?

Maesano¹,

Garfì²,

Tognetti³

et al. 2011

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IntroduzioneLe foreste hanno un ruolo fondamentale nel ciclo globale del carbonio (IPCC 2007). La ratifica del Pro tocollo di Kyoto comporta la realizzazione di una se rie di interventi per quei Paesi che hanno assunto l'obbligo di ridurre tra il 2008 e il 2012 le proprie emissioni rispetto al 1990. Tra questi, l'Italia ha preso l'impegno di ridurre le proprie emissioni del 6.5 % (Pettenella & Zanchi 2006). Tra le attività previste per la mitigazione dei cambiamenti climatici, il Pro tocollo di Kyoto include anche attività riferibili a Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF); in pratica viene riconosciuto un importante ruolo di stabilizzazione delle concentrazioni di gas serra nel l'atmosfera agendo sugli usi del suolo. Per essere ammissibili, le attività LULUCF devono aver avuto inizio non prima del 1990 ed essere intenzionali, cioè prodotte da interventi diretti, volontari, non naturali (Ciccarese & Pettenella 2005). Questo ha, di fatto, ac cresciuto l'importanza del ruolo ecologico e quindi della funzione socio-economica svolte dalle foreste. Infatti, il comparto agricolo e forestale gioca un ruo lo fondamentale come "pozzo" (sink) di carbonio e sono considerate a loro volta delle vere e proprie ri serve (carbon stock). L'Intergovernmental Panel on Cli mate Change (IPCC 2007) ha dimostrato che il settore forestale ha il maggior potenziale per ridurre i livelli di CO 2 , a costi ragionevoli, nei prossimi 25 anni, ri spetto a tutte le altre attività di mitigazione (Bette lheim 2008). Il Protocollo di Kyoto indica diverse strategie per aumentare gli stock di carbonio materia lizzate nell'art. 3.3 "Nuove piantagioni" e nell'art. 3.4 "Miglioramento degli stock" delle foreste esistenti.Da molti anni diverse amministrazioni pubbliche, The purpose of the study is to calculate CO 2 emissions deriving from the VII SISEF Congress activi ties. The idea is to provide on add a value to the event through the realization of voluntary offsetting actions. These actions are local projects of sustainable forest management and tree plantation in order to improve carbon stock. Specifically, the emissions offset will be realized through direct actions: (1) a plantation of about 50 trees in the parking of STAT department of the University of Molise; (2) implementation of an arbo retum in the Apennine flora Garden of Capracotta; and (3) a coppice conversion plan in Monte Vairano (Campobasso), owned by the University of Molise. The methodology foresaw the currently stored carbon ba seline calculation and the expected time accumulation for the entire duration of the actions. The STAT De partment of the University of Molise will bind its interventions in order to avoid additionality feature and will monitor over time to ensure the effects permanence in carbon storage. The total emissions calculations of Congress amounted to around 12 Mg CO 2 and proposed offsetting actions largely exceed that value.

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“…Although decomposition processes and carbon stocks in beech forests have been extensively studied in central Europe, (e.g. Albers et al 2004, D'Annun zio et al 2008, Hedde et al 2008, Mueller et al 2009, Guckland et al 2009, Meier & Leuschner 2010, few studies have been conducted in the Mediterranean region (Alianiello et al 2002, Cecchini et al 2002, Scarfò & Mercurio 2009, Piovesan et al 2010, Innangi et al 2015. When it comes to addressing impacts of climate change on forest or agricultural ecosystems at different spatial scales, the vast majority of studies have dealt with either the effects on carbon stocks (e.g.…”

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“…When it comes to addressing impacts of climate change on forest or agricultural ecosystems at different spatial scales, the vast majority of studies have dealt with either the effects on carbon stocks (e.g. Kasurinen et al 2007, Hyvönen et al 2007, Lu-gato & Berti 2008, Scarfò & Mercurio 2009, Albert & Schmidt 2010, Chiesi et al 2010, Álvaro-Fuentes et al 2012, Francaviglia et al 2012, Muñoz-Rojas et al 2015 or species distribution (e.g. McKenney et al 2007, Kramer et al 2010, Tang & Beckage 2010, Chen et al 2011, Anaya-Romero et al 2015.…”

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Modeling distribution of Mediterranean beech forests and soil carbon stock under climate change scenarios

Innangi¹,

d’Alessandro²,

Fioretto³

et al. 2015

Clim. Res.

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Climate change is forecasted to alter forest species distributions and the organic carbon cycle, particularly in the Mediterranean region. In this context, one of the most important carbon reservoirs, both in terms of living biomass and soil organic matter, is represented by beech forests, which are highly vulnerable to global warming. Accordingly, we investigated how the effects of climate change predicted for 2070 could affect both beech distribution and soil carbon stocks in Italy. In order to achieve this goal, we predicted beech distribution using state of the art ecological niche modeling, projecting its potential range under climate change scenarios. Moreover, a field survey was carried out to quantify the proportion of organic carbon in the first 5 cm of soil, which are the most sensitive to climate effects. The latter results were used to explore the relationship between organic carbon and ecogeographical variables, projecting this relationship onto the predicted beech distribution. Our outcomes showed a substantial reduction in beech distribution, especially at its southern range limits, along with a remarkable shift towards higher elevations and latitudes. The organic carbon in beech forests was significantly related to temperature seasonality and elevation, showing a decrease between 64.5 and 98.8% under different IPCC scenarios.

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Carbon credit accounting: the model CO2FIX v. 3.1 applied to a beech stand under Forest Management in southern Italy

Cited by 5 publications

References 19 publications

Breakeven price of CO2 credits driving farmers to use the area to plant forest instead of grain

Breakeven price of CO2 credits driving farmers to use the area to plant forest instead of grain

Voluntary offsetting actions: SISEF congress at impact zero: appropriate choice?

Modeling distribution of Mediterranean beech forests and soil carbon stock under climate change scenarios

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