Extending rotation age for carbon sequestration: A cross-protocol comparison of North American forest offsets

Foley, Timothy G.; Richter, Daniel deB.; Galik, Christopher S.

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2009.10.014

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“…Based on public opinion, it would be an valuable for forest managers to include the carbon benefits in their forestry profit predictions. In order to include carbon benefits in forest management, a number of previous studies have proposed what is known as the 'social rule' (Im et al 2007;Foley et al 2009;Hennigar et al 2008). Because the rotation period is important for forest management decision making and strongly affected by regional forest resources, some studies have focused on estimating how the optimum rotation period is affected by different carbon offset systems.…”

Section: Stand Age Yearmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Recently, the benefits of carbon sequestration by forests have been highlighted and carbon sequestration has been measured throughout the world: in the United States (Sakata 2005;Calish et al 1978;Foley et al 2009;Ehman et al 2002;Im et al 2007), Europe (Backèus et al 2005;Liski et al 2001;Matala et al 2009;Pohjola and Valsta 2007;Sivrikaya et al 2007;Kaipainen et al 2004;Seidl et al 2007), Canada (Hennigar et al 2008;Thompson et al 2009), Oceania (Campbell and Jennings 2004) and Asia (Ravendranath 1995;Han and Youn 2009). Forests not only have economic value through the production of commercial timber, but they also have other values to society including acting as carbon sinks, supporting biodiversity, and providing water protection (Pukkala 2002).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Case Study of the Effects of the Japanese Verified Emissions Reduction (J-VER) System on Joint Forest Production of Timber and Carbon Sequestration

Nakajima¹

2012

Sustainable Forest Management - Current Research

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Section: Stand Age Yearmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Case Study of the Effects of the Japanese Verified Emissions Reduction (J-VER) System on Joint Forest Production of Timber and Carbon Sequestration

Nakajima¹

2012

Sustainable Forest Management - Current Research

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“…A large number of studies have examined the C storage effects of various rotation periods (e.g. see Liski et al 2001;Bravo et al 2008;Foley et al 2009;Thürig and Kaufmann 2010), thinning regimes (Wutzler et al 2006;Rotzer et al 2010;Ruiz-Peinado et al 2012), and other forest management options (Masera et al 2003;Thürig and Kaufmann 2010;Pérez-Cruzado et al 2012). However, few studies have analyzed the effects of wood-use strategies (e.g.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Wood Use and Forest Management for Carbon Sequestration in Community Forestry in Sierra Juárez, Mexico

Álvarez

Sánchez²

2016

Small-scale Forestry

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Forest managers and policy-makers are being encouraged to incorporate carbon sequestration as a criterion for decision-making. This is a great challenge for small-scale forestry where the conspicuous lack of practical knowledge available for managers prevents the implementation of criteria to promote carbon sequestration. The carbon simulation model CO2FIX combined with local data could provide valuable information for C sequestration in these small-scale forestry systems. The research reported here focuses on community forestry located in the Juarez Mountain Range (Oaxaca State, Mexico), and analyzes the influences of forest management and wood-use (20 scenarios based on five forest management plans and four wood-use strategies) on the changes of C stock (biomass C, soil organic C, products C and fuelwood C) over time. The comparison of the whole stocks to reference results show that group-selection, based on an uneven-aged forest management system involving small patches, has only about half the C benefit relative to clear-cutting harvesting. A forest management strategy focused on oak logwood has a lower C benefit (70 %), and a forest management strategy focused on oak fuelwood has a higher C benefit (120 %) relative to the average of the studied wooduse strategies. Thus, in the study area forest managers and policy-makers who wish to mitigate climate change should increase the rotation period from 40 to 50 years in clear-cutting areas, continue with 40 years in group-selection areas, and promote the use of oak for bioenergy.

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“…Managing forests sustainably and accounting for their value as carbon sinks in terms of the biomass of forest trees, can make an important contribution to this goal. The public benefits arising from timber production and carbon sequestration in forested areas have recently been recognized in many parts of the world including the United States (Sakata 2005;Foley et al 2009;Ehman 2002;Im 2007), Europe (Backe'us et al 2005;Sivrikaya 2007; Kaipainen2004; Seidl et al 2007;Raymer et al 2009;Pohjola and Valsta 2007), Canada (Hennigar 2008;Thompson 2009;McKenney et al 2004), Oceania (Campbell 2004) and Asia (Ravend 1995;Han 2009). Forests not only have economic value from the commercial production of timber, but are also of value to the public through their important environmental functions including their roles as carbon sinks, contributing to biodiversity, and protecting water resources (Pukkala 2002).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cost-effectiveness analysis of subsidy schemes for industrial timber development and carbon sequestration in Japanese forest plantations

Nakajima

Kanomata

Maeda

et al. 2011

Journal of Forestry Research

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This study uses simulations to investigate the effects of implementing two different Japanese forestry subsidy systems on timber production and carbon stock, and examines the consequences for harvesting strategies. An existing Local Yield Table Construction System (LYCS), a wood conversion algorithm, and a harvesting cost model were used in the simulations to test the applicability of different subsidies to the thinning of stands. Using forest inventory data collected by local government staff, simulation output was used to calculate forestry profits, carbon stocks, subsidies, the amount of labor required, and the cost effectiveness of investing in subsidies. By comparing the output of simulations based on two scenarios, we found that both the clear-cutting area and the amount of harvested timber were larger under Scenario 2, in which the rules governing subsidy allocations are more relaxed, than under Scenario 1, in which the rules are more restrictive. Because the harvested timber under Scenario 1 was mainly produced by clear-cutting, the forestry profits and the subsidy predicted in the early period of the simulation, were larger under Scenario 1 than under Scenario 2. In contrast, the carbon stock was larger under Scenario 2 than under Scenario 1. The simulation model is likely to be useful for improving Plan-Do-Check-Act cycles Foundation project:

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Extending rotation age for carbon sequestration: A cross-protocol comparison of North American forest offsets

Cited by 52 publications

References 25 publications

Case Study of the Effects of the Japanese Verified Emissions Reduction (J-VER) System on Joint Forest Production of Timber and Carbon Sequestration

Case Study of the Effects of the Japanese Verified Emissions Reduction (J-VER) System on Joint Forest Production of Timber and Carbon Sequestration

Wood Use and Forest Management for Carbon Sequestration in Community Forestry in Sierra Juárez, Mexico

Cost-effectiveness analysis of subsidy schemes for industrial timber development and carbon sequestration in Japanese forest plantations

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