scholarly journals Forest Carbon Sequestration, Pathogens and the Costs of the EU’s 2050 Climate Targets

Forests ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ing-Marie Gren ◽  
Abenezer Aklilu ◽  
Katarina Elofsson
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Carbon Sink ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Growth Function ◽  
Forest Growth ◽  
Forest Carbon ◽  
Climate Targets ◽  
Forest Carbon Sequestration ◽  
The Impact

Carbon sequestration is suggested as a low-cost option for climate change mitigation, the functioning of which can be threatened by pathogen infestation. This study calculates the effects of infectious pathogens on the cost of achieving the EU’s 2050 climate targets by combining the so-called production function method with the replacement cost method. Pathogens are then assumed to affect carbon sink enhancement through the impact on productivity of forest land, and carbon sequestration is valued as the replacement for costly reductions in emissions from fossil fuels for reaching the EU’s 2050 climate targets. To this end, we have constructed a numerical dynamic optimization model with a logistic forest growth function, a simple allometric representation of the spread of pathogens in forests, and reductions in emissions from fossil fuels. The results show that the annual value of forest carbon sequestration ranges between approximately 6.4 and 14.9 billion Euros, depending on the impact and dispersal of pathogens. Relatively large values are obtained for countries with large emissions from fossil fuels, e.g., Germany, France, Spain and Italy, which also face costs of pathogen together with countries with large forest area, such as Romania.

scholarly journals Estimation of forest Carbon Stocks in Ba Be National Park, Bac Kan province, Vietnam

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 195
Author(s):  
Nguyen Thi Dong ◽  
Van Huu Tap ◽  
Nguyen Thi Phương Mai ◽  
Nguyen Thi Hoang Lien
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
National Park ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Carbon Stocks ◽  
Forest Growth ◽  
Forest Carbon ◽  
Co2 Absorption ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Global Concern ◽  
Forest Carbon Sequestration

Climate change and an increase in the greenhouse effect are a matter of global concern. One of reasons for this phenomenon is the increase in greenhouse gases, especially CO2. Therefore, the authors investigated CO2 absorption from forests of 45 plots in Ba Be National Park, characterized by 3 forest states as rich, medium and poor forest, rehabilitated forest after exploitation to estimate carbon sequestration of the forest. In which, the carbon stock of rich forest reaches 273.17 tones/ha, the medium forest is 136.23 tones/ha and the poor forest, rehabilitated forest is 42.06 tones/ha. With a forest growth rate of 1.8% per year, the carbon sequestration in Ba Be National Park for 3 forest states is about 16,499 tones per year. This will contribute to improve environmental quality, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and creating a scientific basis for managers to develop a payment mechanism of forest carbon sequestration services.

scholarly journals Forest Carbon Sequestration: The Impact of Forest Management

2017 ◽  
pp. 251-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felipe Bravo ◽  
Miren del Río ◽  
Andrés Bravo-Oviedo ◽  
Ricardo Ruiz-Peinado ◽  
Carlos del Peso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Forest Carbon ◽  
Forest Carbon Sequestration ◽  
The Impact

Forest carbon sequestration and carbon sink/source in Jiangxi Province

2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (10) ◽  
pp. 3010-3020 ◽  
Author(s):  
黄麟 HUANG Lin ◽  
邵全琴 SHAO Quanqin ◽  
刘纪远 LIU Jiyuan
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Carbon Sink ◽  
Forest Carbon ◽  
Jiangxi Province ◽  
Forest Carbon Sequestration

scholarly journals Environmental change impacts on the C- and N-cycle of European forests: a model comparison study

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 1751-1773 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Cameron ◽  
M. Van Oijen ◽  
C. Werner ◽  
K. Butterbach-Bahl ◽  
R. Grote ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Carbon Sink ◽  
N2o Emission ◽  
Forest Growth ◽  
N2o Emissions ◽  
European Forests ◽  
Considerable Uncertainty ◽  
Carbon And Nitrogen

Abstract. Forests are important components of the greenhouse gas balance of Europe. There is considerable uncertainty about how predicted changes to climate and nitrogen deposition will perturb the carbon and nitrogen cycles of European forests and thereby alter forest growth, carbon sequestration and N2O emission. The present study aimed to quantify the carbon and nitrogen balance, including the exchange of greenhouse gases, of European forests over the period 2010–2030, with a particular emphasis on the spatial variability of change. The analysis was carried out for two tree species: European beech and Scots pine. For this purpose, four different dynamic models were used: BASFOR, DailyDayCent, INTEGRATOR and Landscape-DNDC. These models span a range from semi-empirical to complex mechanistic. Comparison of these models allowed assessment of the extent to which model predictions depended on differences in model inputs and structure. We found a European average carbon sink of 0.160 ± 0.020 kgC m−2 yr−1 (pine) and 0.138 ± 0.062 kgC m−2 yr−1 (beech) and N2O source of 0.285 ± 0.125 kgN ha−1 yr−1 (pine) and 0.575 ± 0.105 kgN ha−1 yr−1 (beech). The European average greenhouse gas potential of the carbon sink was 18 (pine) and 8 (beech) times that of the N2O source. Carbon sequestration was larger in the trees than in the soil. Carbon sequestration and forest growth were largest in central Europe and lowest in northern Sweden and Finland, N. Poland and S. Spain. No single driver was found to dominate change across Europe. Forests were found to be most sensitive to change in environmental drivers where the drivers were limiting growth, where changes were particularly large or where changes acted in concert. The models disagreed as to which environmental changes were most significant for the geographical variation in forest growth and as to which tree species showed the largest rate of carbon sequestration. Pine and beech forests were found to have differing sensitivities to environmental change, in particular the response to changes in nitrogen and precipitation, with beech forest more vulnerable to drought. There was considerable uncertainty about the geographical location of N2O emissions. Two of the models BASFOR and LandscapeDNDC had largest emissions in central Europe where nitrogen deposition and soil nitrogen were largest, whereas the two other models identified different regions with large N2O emission. N2O emissions were found to be larger from beech than pine forests and were found to be particularly sensitive to forest growth.

scholarly journals Estimating Leakage from Forest Carbon Sequestration Programs

2004 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian C. Murray ◽  
Bruce A. McCarl ◽  
Heng-Chi Lee
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Forest Carbon ◽  
Forest Carbon Sequestration
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document