Carbon forestry is surprising
Background Forestry offers possibilities to sequestrate carbon in living biomass, deadwood and forest soil, as well as in products prepared of wood. In addition, the use of wood may reduce carbon emissions from fossil fuels. However, harvesting decreases the carbon stocks of forests and increases em...
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ftuniveasternfin:oai:erepo.uef.fi:123456789/6261 2023-05-15T16:13:04+02:00 Carbon forestry is surprising Pukkala Timo School of Forest Sciences, activities 2018-04-10T06:09:04Z https://erepo.uef.fi/handle/123456789/6261 EN eng Springer Nature Forest Ecosystems http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40663-018-0131-5 10.1186/s40663-018-0131-5 11 2197-5620 5 https://erepo.uef.fi/handle/123456789/6261 CC BY 4.0 openAccess © Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY carbon balance carbon sequestration decomposition model wood product modelBoreal forest Tieteelliset aikakauslehtiartikkelit A1 article artikkeli 2018 ftuniveasternfin https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-018-0131-5 2023-01-25T23:58:24Z Background Forestry offers possibilities to sequestrate carbon in living biomass, deadwood and forest soil, as well as in products prepared of wood. In addition, the use of wood may reduce carbon emissions from fossil fuels. However, harvesting decreases the carbon stocks of forests and increases emissions from decomposing harvest residues. Methods This study used simulation and optimization to maximize carbon sequestration in a boreal forest estate consisting of nearly 600 stands. A reference management plan maximized net present value and the other plans maximized the total carbon balance of a 100-, 200- or 300-year planning horizon, taking into account the carbon balances of living forest biomass, dead organic matter, and wood-based products Results Maximizing carbon balance led to low cutting level with all three planning horizons. Depending on the time span, the carbon balance of these schedules was 2 to 3.5 times higher than in the plan that maximized net present value. It was not optimal to commence cuttings when the carbon pool of living biomass and dead organic matter stopped increasing after 150–200 years. Conclusions Letting many mature trees to die was a better strategy than harvesting them when the aim was to maximize the long-term carbon balance of boreal Fennoscandian forest. The reason for this conclusion was that large dead trees are better carbon stores than harvested trees. To alter this outcome, a higher proportion of harvested trees should be used for products in which carbon is stored for long time. published version peerReviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Fennoscandian UEF eRepository (University of Eastern Finland) Deadwood ENVELOPE(-117.453,-117.453,56.733,56.733) Forest Ecosystems 5 1 |
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Background Forestry offers possibilities to sequestrate carbon in living biomass, deadwood and forest soil, as well as in products prepared of wood. In addition, the use of wood may reduce carbon emissions from fossil fuels. However, harvesting decreases the carbon stocks of forests and increases emissions from decomposing harvest residues. Methods This study used simulation and optimization to maximize carbon sequestration in a boreal forest estate consisting of nearly 600 stands. A reference management plan maximized net present value and the other plans maximized the total carbon balance of a 100-, 200- or 300-year planning horizon, taking into account the carbon balances of living forest biomass, dead organic matter, and wood-based products Results Maximizing carbon balance led to low cutting level with all three planning horizons. Depending on the time span, the carbon balance of these schedules was 2 to 3.5 times higher than in the plan that maximized net present value. It was not optimal to commence cuttings when the carbon pool of living biomass and dead organic matter stopped increasing after 150–200 years. Conclusions Letting many mature trees to die was a better strategy than harvesting them when the aim was to maximize the long-term carbon balance of boreal Fennoscandian forest. The reason for this conclusion was that large dead trees are better carbon stores than harvested trees. To alter this outcome, a higher proportion of harvested trees should be used for products in which carbon is stored for long time. published version peerReviewed |
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