Estimating the effect of abandoning coppice management on carbon sequestration by oak forests in Turkey with a modeling approach

Lee, Jongyeol; Makineci, Ender; Tolunay, Doğanay; Son, Yowhan

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.341

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“…In southern Europe, converting management practice from coppicing to high forests is a means to store more carbon for longer time periods (see e.g. [ 70 , 71 ]). Locally, even increased harvesting may be needed for adaptation purposes (e.g., replacing maladapted species), to collect wood after the natural disturbance events (salvage logging) and to reduce the amount of biomass which is at risk to be lost, e.g., during a pest outbreak or in wildfires – a risk which is materializing in Canada’s and Russia’s old-growth forests [ 72 ].…”

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The role of forests in the EU climate policy: are we on the right track?

Korosuo

Pilli

Viñas

et al. 2023

Carbon Balance Manage

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Background The European Union (EU) has committed to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. This requires a rapid reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and ensuring that any remaining emissions are balanced through CO2 removals. Forests play a crucial role in this plan: they are currently the main option for removing CO2 from the atmosphere and additionally, wood use can store carbon durably and help reduce fossil emissions. To stop and reverse the decline of the forest carbon sink, the EU has recently revised the regulation on land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), and set a target of − 310 Mt CO2e net removals for the LULUCF sector in 2030. Results In this study, we clarify the role of common concepts in forest management – net annual increment, harvest and mortality – in determining the forest sink. We then evaluate to what extent the forest sink is on track to meet the climate goals of the EU. For this assessment we use data from the latest national GHG inventories and a forest model (Carbon Budget Model). Our findings indicate that on the EU level, the recent decrease in increment and the increase in harvest and mortality are causing a rapid drop in the forest sink. Furthermore, continuing the past forest management practices is projected to further decrease the sink. Finally, we discuss options for enhancing the sinks through forest management while taking into account adaptation and resilience. Conclusions Our findings show that the EU forest sink is quickly developing away from the EU climate targets. Stopping and reversing this trend requires rapid implementation of climate-smart forest management, with improved and more timely monitoring of GHG fluxes. This enhancement is crucial for tracking progress towards the EU’s climate targets, where the role of forests has become – and is expected to remain – more prominent than ever before.

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The role of forests in the EU climate policy: are we on the right track?

Korosuo

Pilli

Viñas

et al. 2023

Carbon Balance Manage

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“…The FBDC model requires air temperature, species, and stand age as input data. This model has been applied to the temperate, tropical, and alpine regions in various developing countries (Yi et al 2013;Lee et al 2014Lee et al , 2016Lee et al , 2017Lee et al , 2018aLee et al , 2018b. The detailed description of the FBDC model can be found in the studies by Yi et al (2013) and Lee et al (2014).…”

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“…As the C stock and N leaching are related to forest productivity and soil N availability, these values were selected as the targets of the sensitivity analysis. Although the sensitivity analysis followed the same simulation procedures for the N cycle processes and N stock, it was conducted by changing the N deposition rate by 40% to 160%, relative to the original N deposition data (Lee et al 2018b).…”

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Development of a forest carbon and nitrogen model: Pilot application for a Pinus densiflora forest in Central Korea

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Lee

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Forest Science and Technology

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This study aimed to develop a forest carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) model, known as the Forest Biomass and Dead organic matter Carbon And Nitrogen (FBDCAN), which can be useful under limited input data availability. An N module was designated with three N pools (biomass, dead organic matter, and soil inorganic N) and ten N cycle processes (N deposition, biological N fixation, N mineralization, immobilization, root N uptake, retranslocation, nitrification, N leaching, denitrification, and turnover), and then integrated into an existing forest C model. A pilot application was carried out for a Pinus densiflora forest in Gwangneung Experimental Forests (PGEF), to verify the performance and reliability of the model. The simulated net N mineralization in 2010 (69.91 kg N ha À1 yr À1 ) was within the observed range in PGEF. Furthermore, the simulated N stock (3.91 Mg N ha À1 ) based on the FBDCAN model was consistent with the observed N stock (4.13 Mg N ha À1 ) in PGEF (r 2 ¼ 0.96 to 0.99). The newly developed forest C and N model could be used for the estimation of N cycle processes, N stock, and C stock, even in regions where the input data availability is low. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…Forest ecosystems play a key role in biomass production and atmospheric carbon sequestration [1][2][3][4]. It is estimated that forests store approximately 80% of the total biosphere's biomass and more than 60% of the global biomass is stored in wood tissues (trunks, branches and roots) [5,6].…”

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“…In the Mediterranean region, oak coppice forests are widespread, e.g., Greece 65%, Italy 63%, however, these forests are of low quality and production, resulting in low carbon pools [20]. In Turkey, where the coppice system has been widely used for wood fuel production, it has contributed to a high degradation of 70% of the coppice forests [3].…”

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Carbon Pools in a 77 Year-Old Oak Forest under Conversion from Coppice to High Forest

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Recent model projections and many research results across the world suggest that forests could be significant carbon sinks or sources in the future, contributing in a such a way to global warming mitigation. Conversion of coppice forest to high forest may play an important role towards this direction. This study deals with the estimation of biomass, carbon pool and accumulation rates in all IPCC biomass categories of a 77 year-old oak ecosystem, which has been subjected to conversion from coppice to high forest through repeated tending measures. The research includes a plethora of field tree measurements, destructive sampling of representative oak trees and a systematic sampling of dead wood (standing and fallen), litter and soil. Furthermore, for the estimation of above ground tree living biomass at the stand level, we developed and tested appropriate allometric biomass equations based on the relationships between various independent tree variables (morphological characteristics) and the different tree biomass compartments or leaf biomass. Data analysis shows that coppice conversion results in large accumulation of carbon in all ecosystem pools, with an average annual carbon rate accumulation of 1.97 Mg ha–1 in living above and below ground tree biomass and small amounts to dead wood and litter. The developed allometric equations indicate that above ground tree living biomass can be reliable and precisely predicted by the simple measurement of tree diameter.

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Estimating the effect of abandoning coppice management on carbon sequestration by oak forests in Turkey with a modeling approach

Cited by 15 publications

References 42 publications

The role of forests in the EU climate policy: are we on the right track?

The role of forests in the EU climate policy: are we on the right track?

Development of a forest carbon and nitrogen model: Pilot application for a Pinus densiflora forest in Central Korea

Carbon Pools in a 77 Year-Old Oak Forest under Conversion from Coppice to High Forest

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