Comparison of carbon balances between continuous-cover and clear-cut forestry in Sweden

Lundmark, Tomas; Bergh, Johan; Nordin, Annika; Fahlvik, Nils; Poudel, Bishnu Chandra

doi:10.1007/s13280-015-0756-3

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“…In CCF, changes in soil carbon stock are smaller after harvests than in RMF because the litter input from harvest residues is smaller. The carbon balance of forests critically depends on the final use of timber biomass after it is removed from the forest ecosystem (Lundmark et al, 2016; Pukkala, 2016b) but we did not take into account the carbon storage in wood products or emissions from the procurement chain. However, as the proportion of sawlogs compared with pulpwood is higher in CCF than in RFM, the carbon retention time would be longer for timber produced in CCF (Pukkala, 2014).…”

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“…Moreover, CCF may be economically more profitable than rotation forest management for forest owners (Pukkala, 2016a;Tahvonen, 2016;Tahvonen et al, 2010;Tahvonen and Rämö, 2016). However, there are also contradictory results, regarding the economic profitability (Andreassen and Øyen, 2002) as well as the effects on climate regulation (Lundmark et al 2016) and resistance against disturbances (Hanewinkel et al, 2014). Consequently, the debate on the usefulness of CCF is still ongoing (Diaci et al, 2011).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Continuous cover forestry is a cost-efficient tool to increase multifunctionality of boreal production forests in Fennoscandia

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Burgas

Eyvindson

et al. 2018

Biological Conservation

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Earlier research has suggested that the diversification of silvicultural strategies is a cost-efficient tool to ensure multifunctionality in production forests. This study compared the effects of continuous cover forestry and conventional rotation forestry on ecosystem services and biodiversity in boreal forests in Finland. We simulated over 25,000 commercial forest stands for 100 years under continuous cover and rotation forest management. Forests without management were used as a reference. We compared the effects of silvicultural practices over space and time on ecosystem services, biodiversity indicators and multifunctionality. Our results revealed that continuous cover forestry was better than rotation forest management in terms of timber net present value, carbon sequestration, bilberry production, scenic beauty and the number of large trees. It provided higher habitat availability for indicator species dependent on deciduous trees and mature forest structure. Rotation forest management was better than continuous cover forestry in terms of harvested tree biomass, cowberries, mushrooms, and species dependent on high tree volume. In general, multifunctionality was higher in continuous cover forests than in rotation forest. Therefore, continuous cover forests may have a greater potential to produce simultaneously multiple benefits from forests. However, unmanaged forests often provided the highest levels of services and biodiversity making their role indispensable in delivering forest related ecosystem services and, especially, in the maintenance of biodiversity. Continuous cover forestry does not itself guarantee the maintenance of all ecosystem services and biodiversity in commercial forests but it can be an important part of a successful progression towards more sustainable forestry.

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Continuous cover forestry is a cost-efficient tool to increase multifunctionality of boreal production forests in Fennoscandia

Peura

Burgas

Eyvindson

et al. 2018

Biological Conservation

117

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“…Alternative FMMs for carbon sequestration could be used to analyze effects of, e.g., plantation/clearfell versus continuous cover forestry (Lundmark et al 2016), rotation age and thinning intensity (Chikumbo and Starka 2012), low impact management versus extensive management (Vanderberg et al 2011), fate of harvested wood products and product substitution (Lundmark et al 2016;Moore et al 2012).…”

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Forest decision support systems for the analysis of ecosystem services provisioning at the landscape scale under global climate and market change scenarios

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Sustainable forest management is driving the development of forest decision support systems (DSSs) to include models and methods concerned with climate change, biodiversity and various ecosystem services (ESs). The future development of forest landscapes is very much dependent on how forest owners act and what goes on in the wider world, thus models are needed that incorporate these aspects. The objective of this study is to assess how nine European state-of-the-art forest DSSs cope with these issues. The assessment focuses on the ability of these DSSs to generate landscape level scenarios to explore the output of current and alternative forest management models (FMMs) in terms of a range of ESs and the robustness of these FMMs in the face of increased risks and uncertainty. Results show that all DSSs assessed in this study can be used to quantify the impacts of both stand and landscape-level FMMs on the provision of a range of ESs over a typical planning horizon. DSSs can be used to assess how timber price trends may impact that provision over time. The inclusion of forest owner behavior as reflected by the adoption of specific FMMs seems to be also in the reach of all DSSs. Nevertheless, some DSSs need more data and development of models to estimate the impacts of climate change on biomass production and other ESs. Spatial analysis functionality need to be further developed for a more accurate assessment of the landscape level output of ESs from both current and alternative FMMs.

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“…Boreal forests are one of the biggest terrestrial carbon pools on Earth [2,3], storing carbon in the tree biomass and releasing it through decomposition, therefore playing a significant role in global climate change mitigation [4,5]. With increasing interest to promote carbon sequestration in forests, various new forest management practices are employed in managed even-aged stands [6][7][8][9] to meet the climate change targets and to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions in land use, land use change, and forestry (LULUCF) sector [1,10]. However, there is still a lack of reference studies of unmanaged over-mature forests [2].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In these conditions, species and age composition as well as the occurrence of natural disturbances play a key role in the formation of carbon stock and carbon fluxes [12][13][14]. Thus, only very limited review studies in old forests with a mixed-species, multi-cohort structure under various past-management practices are available to understand the carbon stock changes [7,15].…”

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Carbon Pools in a Hemiboreal Over-Mature Norway Spruce Stands

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Elferts

Bāders

et al. 2018

Forests

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Old unmanaged forests are commonly assumed to be carbon neutral; however, there is still a lack of reference studies available to increase the recognition of carbon stock changes in these forests. Studies of old forest carbon storage from hemiboreal regions are very rare compared to temperate and boreal forests in Europe; therefore, the aim of this study was to quantify the carbon stock in hemiboreal over-mature (167-213 years) Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) stands. To explore the total ecosystem carbon pool, the carbon stock of tree biomass, deadwood, and soil in unmanaged (for at least the last 40 years) spruce stands was calculated and compared between different forest site types on dry, wet, and drained mineral soils. Total carbon stock of hemiboreal over-mature spruce stands ranged from 164.8 Mg C ha −1 to 386.7 Mg C ha −1 , and 238.5 Mg C ha −1 on average, with no significant differences (p > 0.05) between the forest site types. The carbon stock of tree biomass was significantly affected by the basal area of the upper tree layer (p < 0.0001) and the interaction between the forest site type and proportion of spruce in the stand composition (p = 0.002). Tree biomass was the dominant carbon pool, followed by soil and deadwood in over-mature spruce stands.

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Comparison of carbon balances between continuous-cover and clear-cut forestry in Sweden

Cited by 60 publications

References 41 publications

Continuous cover forestry is a cost-efficient tool to increase multifunctionality of boreal production forests in Fennoscandia

Continuous cover forestry is a cost-efficient tool to increase multifunctionality of boreal production forests in Fennoscandia

Forest decision support systems for the analysis of ecosystem services provisioning at the landscape scale under global climate and market change scenarios

Carbon Pools in a Hemiboreal Over-Mature Norway Spruce Stands

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