Long-term forest management and timely transfer of carbon into wood products help reduce atmospheric carbon

doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.04.005

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	Long-term forest management and timely transfer of carbon into wood products help reduce atmospheric carbon
	Liu, Guoliang 1,2; Han, Shijie 1
刊名	ECOLOGICAL MODELLING
	2009-07-17
卷号	220 期号:13-14 页码:1719-1723
关键词	Climate change Carbon Sustainable carbon storage capacity Forest management Wood products Modelling
ISSN号	0304-3800
DOI	10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.04.005
通讯作者	Liu, Guoliang(gliu@forestecosystem.ca)
英文摘要	In their efforts I to deal with global climate change, scientists and governments have given much attention to the carbon 'emissions associated with fossil fuels and to strategies for reducing their use. While it is very important to burn less fossil fuel and to employ alternative energy sources, other carbon-reduction options must also be considered. Given that forests comprise a large portion of the global landbase and that they play a very significant role in the global carbon cycle, it is logical to examine how forest management practices could effect reductions in carbon emissions. Many papers that discuss forest carbon sinks or sources refer only to the short term (<20 years). This paper focuses on the sustainable carbon storage contributions of a forest over the long term. This paper explains that long-term carbon storage and reduced carbon fluctuation can be achieved by a combination of improved forest management and efficient transfer of carbon into wood products. Here we show how three different forest management scenarios affect the overall carbon storage capacity of forest and wood products combined over the long term. We used a timber supply model and scenario analysis to predict forest carbon and other resource conditions over time in the Prince George Forest District, a 3.4-million-ha landbase in northern British Columbia. We found that the high-harvest scenario stores 3% more carbon than the low-harvest scenario and 27% (120 million tonnes) more carbon than the no-harvest scenario even though only 1.2-million ha is in timber harvesting landbase. Our results tell us that forest management practices that maintain and increase forest area, reduce natural disturbances in the forest, improve forest conditions, and ensure the appropriate and timely transfer of carbon into wood products lead to increasing overall carbon storage, thereby reducing carbon in the atmosphere. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
出版者	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
WOS记录号	WOS:000267585300016
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.imr.ac.cn/handle/321006/126293]
专题	金属研究所_中国科学院金属研究所
通讯作者	Liu, Guoliang
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Appl Forest Ecol, Shenyang, Peoples R China 2.Forest Ecosyst Solut Ltd, Vancouver, BC V7P 3T2, Canada
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Liu, Guoliang,Han, Shijie. Long-term forest management and timely transfer of carbon into wood products help reduce atmospheric carbon[J]. ECOLOGICAL MODELLING,2009,220(13-14):1719-1723.
APA	Liu, Guoliang,&Han, Shijie.(2009).Long-term forest management and timely transfer of carbon into wood products help reduce atmospheric carbon.ECOLOGICAL MODELLING,220(13-14),1719-1723.
MLA	Liu, Guoliang,et al."Long-term forest management and timely transfer of carbon into wood products help reduce atmospheric carbon".ECOLOGICAL MODELLING 220.13-14(2009):1719-1723.