The role of European forests in the global carbon cycle—A review

Nabuurs, Gert‐Jan; Päivinen, Risto; Sikkema, R.; Mohren, Frits

doi:10.1016/s0961-9534(97)00036-6

Cited by 91 publications

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“…Here, the changing carbon sink is related primarily to growth of relatively young trees, and is attributable to both tree biomass (about 70 percent of the sink) and soils (about 30 percent of the sink) (Liski et al 2006, Nabuurs et al 2000. This estimate compares favorably to Nabuurs et al 1997, who estimated a whole-tree carbon sink in Europe of about 101.3 Tg C per year (equivalent to 9.5 percent of European Union emissions).…”

Section: Carbon Sequestration In Forest Ecosystemssupporting

confidence: 62%

Greenhouse gas emissions versus forest sequestration in temperate rain forests—a southeast Alaska analysis

Nicholls¹,

Patterson²

2015

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Section: Carbon Sequestration In Forest Ecosystemssupporting

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Greenhouse gas emissions versus forest sequestration in temperate rain forests—a southeast Alaska analysis

Nicholls¹,

Patterson²

2015

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“…It covers an area of 1 600 ha and is dominantly managed as even-aged high beech forest stands [30]. Previous studies have described waterlogged zones in this area as being organized into two systems: a generally well-drained slope and a valley bottom, characterized by waterlogging close to the surface and alternating organic and mineral horizons [7,10].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Temperate forests cover about 10 million km 2 (25% of the world forested area) [18] and are considered to be net carbon sinks with estimates of 1.4 to 2 t C ha −1 yr −1 [6,30]. In the mid-1990s, in the European Union (EU) alone, trees accumulated an amount of carbon equivalent to 7% of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions of the EU [29,38].…”

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Influence de l’hydromorphie sur la variabilité des stocks de carbone à l’échelle de versants dans une hêtraie (forêt de Fougères — Ouest de la France)

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“…The history of forest fire frequencies in northern Sweden show intervals of between 60 and 80 years [9,13], while the average fire intervals in the boreal forests is between 50 and 200 years [17,24]. According to a study published in 1998, mitigation of forest carbon emissions in some European countries can compensate 30-35% of their carbon emissions, while this figure in Sweden proved to be about 60% [36].…”

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Forest fires, risk and control

Azari

2010

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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Fire is known as a primitive and amazing effect of nature and for humans it can be a friend, source of light and heat. Human intervention and ignoring nature's rules can lead to an out of control forest fire, changing its face into an uncontrollable force. Through the thesis work, more than 450 articles, scientific papers, and web-pages have been studied and reviewed to find points and comments that might help to reduce the fire occurrence probabilities, fire aggression, and damage to people, the environment, and the economy.Ten years of work experience in industrial safety and fire fighting has been applied to new findings in the field of forest fires. There are many points and comments reviewed in the thesis document and here through this paper some specific results are been discussed. The introduction of the concept of layer protection to this study has been attempted, in which preventive and remedial measures are the two main schemes for reducing unwanted incidents and their probable consequences. To prevent the risk, deviation should be indicated, while before that it is necessary to set main roles or standards. In this situation, failure-elimination is the first step toward layer protection, and failure-control would be placed in the next layer. To reduce the consequences of failure, the last layer should be carefully positioned. According to findings during the survey, a suggestive concept has been recommended according to zoning theory, which fragments high-fire-risk forests to limit the fire aggression. A safety swath network is recommended based on this theory, with flexible width suggested of between 30 and 70 meters. This safety network could be augmented by a specified grid of a water mist network with the ability of humidifying approximately 100 meters of another zone with the application of a mobile sprinkler system. For populated areas, such as camping sites, a safety boundary has been proposed to isolate these risky areas from the forest. There are always activities that can stop autonomous disasters or reduce their consequences; our task is to find these activities and adhere to them. The aim of the study is to condense existing literature in a collection and make new suggestions to improve forest treatment and make that knowledge accessible for students, researchers, and forest management systems. Reducing forest fire consequences would be our final goal in a responsive collaboration toward a safer future.

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The role of European forests in the global carbon cycle—A review

Cited by 91 publications

References 27 publications

Greenhouse gas emissions versus forest sequestration in temperate rain forests—a southeast Alaska analysis

Greenhouse gas emissions versus forest sequestration in temperate rain forests—a southeast Alaska analysis

Influence de l’hydromorphie sur la variabilité des stocks de carbone à l’échelle de versants dans une hêtraie (forêt de Fougères — Ouest de la France)

Forest fires, risk and control

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