Forest management contributes to climate mitigation by reducing fossil fuel consumption: A response to the letter by Welle et al.

Abstract

This is a Response to the Letter by Welle et al., 13, 286–287.

Strict forest protection: A meaningful contribution to Climate-Smart Forestry? An evaluation of temporal trends in the carbon balance of unmanaged forests in Germany

“…Half a century of predictable carbon uptake may be utilized in climate-smart forest management planning. This timeframe is well within the range of climate goals formulated by the IPCC (2021). We feel that in some cases the term "Climate-Smart Forestry" is being constrained within the context of bioenergy production and product substitution.…”

Accurate use of forest inventories shows that unmanaged forests have a higher climate protection effect than managed forests: A response to the letter by Bolte et al.

“…In our reply to Schulze et al (2020a), we questioned why only data from HNP were chosen for the calculation despite providing additional data from other managed and unmanaged forests (ibid, table 1). In their response (Schulze et al, 2020b) to our letter (Welle et al, 2020), the authors preferred not to clarify this point, a fact to which Bolte et al (2020) do not refer to either. In another response to earlier critiques by Kun et al (2020) and Booth et al (2020), Schulze et al (2020c) introduced further increment data based on the German national forest inventory provided by the Thünen Institute.…”

“…Whenever the development of different forest types is to be compared, the selection of comparable sites and ecosystems is methodologically challenging. Indeed, Schulze et al (2020a, 2020b) failed in justifying the suitability and comparability of sample sites with regard to key properties such as stand age.…”

“…Therefore, in 2000 and 2010, only the trees within the same 1,200 plots can be compared (see Figure 1). Schulze et al (2020b) insist in their methodological approach of including additional 221 plots that comprise young pioneer vegetation into the 2010 dataset, which were not part of the baseline inventory in 2000. This is inacceptable science, since statistical comparability is no longer given due to changing forest area.…”

Quest for NetZero emissions in South African national parks: A tourism perspective

“…Before COP26 and the subsequent adoption of the Glasgow Declaration, various facets of the NetZero emissions pathways emerged, driven by the desire to reduce carbon emissions that lead to global warming and climate change [ 37 , 38 ]. This is also driven by the need to green the national parks and the movement toward good environmental stewardship [ 39 ].…”