Response to the letters by Kun et al. and Booth et al.

Abstract

We would like to respond to the letters by Kun et al. (2020) and Booth, Mackey and Young (2020) making general comments first, and then adding a few specific remarks to some of their concerns. It seems to us that most comments in these two letters are the result of a misunderstanding of applied spatial and timescales, and maybe also a human dimension, that has to do with emotions. Some of their comments are correct and valid at particular scales and for particular carbon management problems, but not necessarily for the specific problem associated with accounting for greenhouse gas emissions from bioenergy originating from sustainably managed forests. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Forest management contributes to climate mitigation by reducing fossil fuel consumption: A response to the letter by Welle et al.

“…In a letter to Global Change Biology Bioenergy, Welle et al (2020) accuse us of severe errors in using and interpreting data in our publication on "Climate mitigation by sustainably managed forests in Central Europe." Welle et al (2020) also refer to earlier letters by Kun et al (2020) and Both et al (2020) on which we responded already (Schulze et al, 2020a). We showed that spatial and temporal scales led to misunderstandings about carbon benefits of bioenergy which we clarified.…”

“…(2020) also refer to earlier letters by Kun et al. (2020) and Both et al (2020) on which we responded already (Schulze et al., 2020a). We showed that spatial and temporal scales led to misunderstandings about carbon benefits of bioenergy which we clarified.…”

Accurate use of forest inventories shows that unmanaged forests have a higher climate protection effect than managed forests: A response to the letter by Bolte et al.

“…In their response (Schulze et al, 2020b) to our letter (Welle et al, 2020), the authors preferred not to clarify this point, a fact to which Bolte et al (2020) do not refer to either. In another response to earlier critiques by Kun et al (2020) and Booth et al (2020), Schulze et al (2020c) introduced further increment data based on the German national forest inventory provided by the Thünen Institute. Although this dataset confirms Hainich's average growth rates of 9 m 3 ha −1 year −1 (derived from comparison of identical plots) for both unmanaged beech and spruce stands in Germany, Bolte et al (2020) argue for unrepresentativity.…”

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