scholarly journals Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowner Beliefs Toward Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration in the Southern United States

2016 ◽  
Vol 114 (5) ◽  
pp. 524-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Puskar N. Khanal ◽  
Donald L. Grebner ◽  
Ian A. Munn ◽  
Stephen C. Grado ◽  
Robert K. Grala ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Southern United States ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Nonindustrial Private Forest

scholarly journals Evaluating non-industrial private forest landowner willingness to manage for forest carbon sequestration in the southern United States

2017 ◽  
Vol 75 ◽  
pp. 112-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Puskar N. Khanal ◽  
Donald L. Grebner ◽  
Ian A. Munn ◽  
Stephen C. Grado ◽  
Robert K. Grala ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Forest Carbon ◽  
Southern United States ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Forest Carbon Sequestration

scholarly journals What do Louisiana and Mississippi Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowners Think about Forest Certification?

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 170-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priyan Perera ◽  
Richard P. Vlosky ◽  
Glenn Hughes ◽  
Michael A. Dunn
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Forest Certification ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Private Landowner ◽  
Environmental Nongovernmental Organizations ◽  
Nonindustrial Private Forest ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Professional Foresters ◽  
Nipf Landowners

Abstract Nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) landowners own the majority of timberlands in the southern United States. As forest certification becomes more prevalent, it is important to understand the implications for NIPF landowners. This study, conducted in 2005–2006, reveals how well NIPF landowners in Louisiana and Mississippi understand forest certification, willingness to pay to become certified, and general perceptions about the certification process and implementation requirements. We surveyed 1,200 randomly selected NIPF landowners from each state that owned 10 ac or more of timberland in 2005. A total of 591 usable surveys resulted in an overall adjusted response rate of 30%. Forty percent of respondents believe certification is necessary on public lands. However, their lowest level of agreement is with the need for certification on private forestlands. Respondents believe certification in the United States is driven by environmental nongovernmental organizations rather than by demand in the marketplace. Private landowner organizations and approved professional foresters are the most trusted entities to administer and monitor certification. Results also suggest that respondents are generally not averse to having certifiers monitor their forest management activities; however, a majority are unwilling to bear the cost of certification.

Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
Southern United States ◽  
Harris County ◽  
Surrounding Area ◽  
Industrial Accidents ◽  
Impact Of Climate Change ◽  
The World ◽  
The City

Harris County, Texas, the site of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF’s) fourth annual Sharing Knowledge conference in 2019, has been tested. Hurricane Harvey, the catastrophic storm that struck just over 18 months earlier, was one of the worst weather-related events ever faced by the city of Houston and its surrounding area, and the continuing impact of climate change suggests it will not be the last. The city’s 2.3 million residents have also dealt with industrial accidents, borne the brunt of devastating floods, and provided refuge to people fleeing other disaster areas in the southern United States and to immigrants from around the world....

scholarly journals Impacts of Climate Change on Economics of Forestry and Adaptation Strategies in the Southern United States

2014 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andres Susaeta ◽  
Douglas R. Carter ◽  
Damian C. Adams
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
Loblolly Pine ◽  
Slash Pine ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Species Selection ◽  
Planting Density ◽  
Southern United States ◽  
Economic Returns ◽  
Salvage Rate

This article analyzes the impacts of different levels of forest productivity scenarios, disturbance risk, and salvageable rates resulting from climate change on the economics of loblolly pine in the southern United States. Potential adaptation strategies examined include reduction in planting density and use of slash pine instead of loblolly pine. Economic returns are most sensitive to changes in disturbance risk and productivity changes as compared with the salvage rate, planting density, or species selection. Loblolly pine with low planting density economically outperforms high-density loblolly pine. Slash pine is generally a less viable option compared with loblolly pine in most cases.

scholarly journals Insect and Disease Disturbances Correlate With Reduced Carbon Sequestration in Forests of the Contiguous United States

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brendan R. Quirion ◽  
Grant M. Domke ◽  
Brian F. Walters ◽  
Gary M. Lovett ◽  
Joseph E. Fargione ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
National Forest Inventory ◽  
Carbon Accumulation ◽  
Trade Policies ◽  
Belowground Carbon ◽  
Live Tree

Major efforts are underway to harness the carbon sequestration capacity of forests to combat global climate change. However, tree damage and death associated with insect and disease disturbance can reduce this carbon sequestration capacity. We quantified average annual changes in live tree carbon accumulation associated with insect and disease disturbances utilizing the most recent (2001 – 2019) remeasurement data from National Forest Inventory plots in the contiguous United States. Forest plots recently impacted by insect disturbance sequestered on average 69% less carbon in live trees than plots with no recent disturbance, and plots recently impacted by disease disturbance sequestered on average 28% less carbon in live trees than plots with no recent disturbance. Nationally, we estimate that carbon sequestration by live trees, defined as the estimated average annual rate of above- and belowground carbon accumulation in live trees (diameter at breast height ≥ 2.54 cm) on forest land, has been reduced by 9.33 teragrams carbon per year (95% confidence interval: 7.11 to 11.58) in forests that have experienced recent insect disturbance and 3.49 teragrams carbon per year (95% confidence interval: 1.30 to 5.70) in forests that have experienced recent disease disturbance, for a total reduction of 12.83 teragrams carbon per year (95% confidence interval: 8.41 to 17.28). Strengthened international trade policies and phytosanitary standards as well as improved forest management have the potential to protect forests and their natural capacity to contribute to climate change mitigation.

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