scholarly journals Different accounting approaches to harvested wood products (HWP) in a local greenhouse gas inventory

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Bastianoni ◽  
S. Bosco ◽  
S. Focardi
Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Wood Products ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Inventory ◽  
Harvested Wood Products ◽  
Accounting Approaches

scholarly journals Assessing the greenhouse gas effects of harvested wood products manufactured from managed forests in Canada

2018 ◽  
Vol 91 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiaxin Chen ◽  
Michael T Ter-Mikaelian ◽  
Hongqiang Yang ◽  
Stephen J Colombo
Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Wood Products ◽  
Managed Forests ◽  
Harvested Wood Products

scholarly journals On the trade-offs and synergies between forest carbon sequestration and substitution

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sampo Soimakallio ◽  
Tuomo Kalliokoski ◽  
Aleksi Lehtonen ◽  
Olli Salminen
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
National Level ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Forest Carbon ◽  
Wood Products ◽  
Carbon Equivalent ◽  
Harvested Wood Products ◽  
Trade Offs

AbstractForest biomass can be used in two different ways to limit the growth of the atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations: (1) to provide negative emissions through sequestration of carbon into forests and harvested wood products or (2) to avoid GHG emissions through substitution of non-renewable raw materials with wood. We study the trade-offs and synergies between these strategies using three different Finnish national-level forest scenarios between 2015 and 2044 as examples. We demonstrate how GHG emissions change when wood harvest rates are increased. We take into account CO2 and other greenhouse gas flows in the forest, the decay rate of harvested wood products and fossil-based CO2 emissions that can be avoided by substituting alternative materials with wood derived from increased harvests. We considered uncertainties of key parameters by using stochastic simulation. According to our results, an increase in harvest rates in Finland increased the total net GHG flow to the atmosphere virtually certainly or very likely, given the uncertainties and time frame considered. This was because the increased biomass-based CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere together with decreased carbon sequestration into the forest were very likely higher than the avoided fossil-based CO2 emissions. The reverse of this conclusion would require that compared to what was studied in this paper, the share of long-living wood products in the product mix would be higher, carbon dioxide from bioenergy production would be captured and stored, and reduction in forest carbon equivalent net sink due to wood harvesting would be minimized.

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