Optimal forest harvest age considering carbon sequestration in multiple carbon pools: A comparative statics analysis

Asante, Patrick; Armstrong, Glen W.

doi:10.1016/j.jfe.2011.12.002

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“…(Pukkala 2011). However, these factors are beyond the scope of our study, because the end use for the timber products once they leave the forest is out of landowner's decision (Asante and Armstrong 2012).…”

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Managing a boreal forest landscape for providing timber, storing and sequestering carbon

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Human well-being highly depends on ecosystem services and this dependence is expected to increase in the future with an increasing population and economic growth. Studies that investigate trade-offs between ecosystem services are urgently needed for informing policy-makers. We examine the trade-offs between a provisioning (revenues from timber selling) and regulating (carbon storage and sequestration) ecosystem services among seven alternative forest management regimes in a large boreal forest production landscape. First, we estimate the potential of the landscape to produce harvest revenues and store/sequester carbon across a 50-year time period. Then, we identify conflicts between harvest revenues and carbon storage and sequestration. Finally, we apply multiobjective optimization to find optimal combinations of forest management regimes that maximize harvest revenues and carbon storage/sequestration. Our results show that no management regime alone is able to either maximize harvest revenues or carbon services and that a combination of different regimes is always necessary. We also show that with a relatively little economic investment (5% decrease in harvest revenues), a substantial increase in carbon services could be attained (9% for carbon storage; 15-23% for carbon sequestration). We conclude that it is possible to achieve win-win situations applying diversified forest management planning at a landscape level.

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“…Las preocupaciones ambientales por el cambio climático, asociadas con el aumento de las concentraciones de gases de efecto invernadero en la atmósfera, han llevado a la adición de valores de captura de carbono de los ecosistemas forestales para el proceso de planificación forestal de uso múltiple (Asante & Armstrong, 2012). Los ecosistemas forestales absorben enormes cantidades de CO 2 de la atmósfera mediante la fotosíntesis y contribuyen a la reducción de emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero (Cacho, Hean, & Wise, 2003).…”

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“…Esta edad afecta la calidad y cantidad de los valores proporcionados por los ecosistemas forestales, como productos de madera, conservación de suelos, producción de agua, estética, diversidad biológica y captura de carbono. Hasta el día de hoy, se han realizado algunos estudios científicos asociados con la determinación de la edad óptima de corte en la planificación del manejo forestal, que incluyen producción de madera y valores de captura de carbono (Asante & Armstrong, 2012;Diaz-Balterio & Rodriguez, 2006;Diaz-Balteiro, Martell, Romero, & Weintraub, 2014;Kula & Gunalay, 2012;Torres, Perez, Fernandez, & Belda, 2010). Los estudios sirven para determinar el momento óptimo de cosecha de las masas forestales para beneficiarse, al mismo tiempo, de valores múltiples de los ecosistemas forestales; sin embargo, es necesario considerar nuevos estudios relacionados con las edades óptimas de corte de diversas especies de árboles en áreas forestales o plantaciones de diferentes regiones.…”

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“…Environmental concerns about climate change associated with increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has led to addition of carbon sequestration value of forest ecosystems to the multiple-use forest planning process (Asante & Armstrong, 2012). Forest ecosystems absorb huge amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere through photosynthesis and contribute to greenhouse gas emission reductions (Cacho, Hean, & Wise, 2003).…”

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“…This age affects the quality and quantity of all values provided by forest ecosystems such as timber products, soil conservation, water production, aesthetics, biological diversity and carbon sequestration. To this day, a few scientific studies associated with the determination of optimum cutting age in forest management planning including wood production and carbon sequestration values were performed (Asante & Armstrong, 2012;Diaz-Balterio & Rodriguez, 2006;Diaz-Balteiro, Martell, Romero, & Weintraub, 2014;Kula & Gunalay, 2012;Torres, Perez, Fernandez, & Belda, 2010). All these studies were to determine the optimum harvest time of forest stands to benefit from multiple forest ecosystem values at the same time.…”

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Edades óptimas de corte en bosques de álamos híbridos incluyendo captación de carbono: Un estudio de caso en Turquía

Keleş¹

2016

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It also evaluates the effects of different discount rates and carbon prices on the optimum cutting ages using net present value approach. The growth and yield curves and biomass/ carbon conversion factors for hybrid poplar plantations with forest plantation costs are used to determine the optimum cutting ages. Results of the case study showed that the integration of carbon sequestration benefits into wood benefits increased the optimum cutting ages of hybrid poplar plantations. Optimum cutting ages decreased from 19 to 14 years depending on the increase in discount rates. When carbon prices increased, the optimum cutting ages also increased from 17 to 20 years. In the presence of carbon sequestration benefits, increasing the optimum cutting age yields net economic benefits of 374 to 1,654 US$·ha -1. Total net present values obtained from wood production and carbon sequestration benefits increased between 6 and 26 % depending on the increase in carbon prices (from 0 to 40 US$·t -1 carbon). ResumenE n la actualidad, la determinación de las edades óptimas de corte, incluyendo diversos valores de ecosistemas forestales junto con la producción de madera, es extremadamente importante en la silvicultura. Este estudio presenta las edades óptimas de corte en Populus x euramericana (Dode) Guinier cv. I-214, incluyendo la producción de madera y los valores de captura de carbono en Turquía. También se evalúan los efectos de las tasas de descuento y precios del carbono en las edades óptimas de corte, utilizando el método del valor actual neto. Las curvas de crecimiento y rendimiento y los factores de conversión de carbono/biomasa con costos de plantación forestales se utilizaron para determinar las edades óptimas de corte. Los resultados del estudio de caso mostraron que la integración de los beneficios de captura de carbono con los beneficios de la madera incrementó las edades óptimas de corte de los bosques de álamo híbrido. Las edades óptimas de corte descendieron de 19 a 14 años, dependiendo del aumento en las tasas de descuento. Cuando los precios de carbono aumentaron, las edades óptimas de corte también aumentaron de 17 a 20 años. En presencia de los beneficios de captura de carbono, el aumento de las edades óptimas de corte produjo beneficios económicos netos de 374 a 1,654 USD·ha -1 . Los valores actuales netos totales, obtenidos de la producción de madera y beneficios de captura de carbono, aumentaron entre 6 y 26 %, dependiendo del aumento de los precios del carbono (de 0 a 40 USD·t -1 carbono).Received: December 10, 2015 / Accepted: June 15, 2016.Palabras clave: Edad de corte, manejo forestal, cambio climático, valor actual neto, captura de carbono.

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Reforming a pre-existing biodiversity conservation scheme: Promoting climate co-benefits by a carbon payment

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2023

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Protecting forests provides potential synergies for both biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation. Payments for ecosystem services (PES) schemes are commonly used to promote biodiversity conservation in private forests, and including carbon as another target may be a cost-efficient way to promote both goals. We analyse a hypothetical reform on a forest biodiversity PES scheme by supplementing it with a carbon payment paid to landowners for also providing carbon benefits. With a site selection model, we examine how the proposed scheme could promote biodiversity and carbon values, and what level of the carbon payment would provide the highest synergy gains. We found that introducing the payment promotes both targets, but there is a temporal trade-off between selecting sites with high carbon storage or sites with good sequestration potential. The highest synergy gains are obtained in most cases by a second-best payment level of 10–20 € tCO2−1.

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Optimal forest harvest age considering carbon sequestration in multiple carbon pools: A comparative statics analysis

Cited by 31 publications

References 12 publications

Managing a boreal forest landscape for providing timber, storing and sequestering carbon

Managing a boreal forest landscape for providing timber, storing and sequestering carbon

Edades óptimas de corte en bosques de álamos híbridos incluyendo captación de carbono: Un estudio de caso en Turquía

Reforming a pre-existing biodiversity conservation scheme: Promoting climate co-benefits by a carbon payment

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