Forests of the future: Climate change impacts and implications for carbon storage in the Pacific Northwest, USA

Case, Michael J.; Johnson, Brittany G.; Bartowitz, Kristina J.; Hudiburg, T. W.

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118886

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“…A recent study done on Chinese data from the years 2007-2017 suggested that with a substantial increase in forests, carbon emission efficiency, as well as energy efficiency, are improved; hence, to deal with the challenges of climate change, afforestation is the best strategy Teng et al (2021). Although the majority of studies try to check the influence of forests on climate, Case et al (2021) conducted a study on American forests to check whether or not climate change also affects the carbon storage potential of these forests. It is noted by the authors that increased temperature negatively affects the trees in terms of this potential as well as productivity and growth and hence the carbon storage ability of trees decreases significantly due to adverse changes in climate.…”

Section: Impact Of Forest On Carbon Emissionmentioning

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Effects of Forestry on Carbon Emissions in China: Evidence From a Dynamic Spatial Durbin Model

Mighri

Chen

2021

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Research has proved the significance of forests in controlling carbon emissions, however, our research sheds light on the management of existing forests to combat climate change. To examine the role of forestation and forest investment activities, dynamic spatial techniques are used for 30 provinces of China. The results suggest that forest investment and management not only reduce carbon locally but also in neighboring provinces. Furthermore, the findings of the current study confirmed that forest investment is the most viable practice to control carbon emissions in China instead of just increasing total forest area. Reforms regarding the management of forests would be a good policy for both pollution reduction and employment generation.

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Section: Impact Of Forest On Carbon Emissionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of Forestry on Carbon Emissions in China: Evidence From a Dynamic Spatial Durbin Model

Mighri

Chen

2021

Front. Environ. Sci.

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“…Wu et al (2020) estimated the potential benefits of the carbon sink economy. And there is an interaction between forest carbon sinks and climate change (Case et al, 2021). The Kyoto Protocol requires reporting changes in net carbon stocks and man-made emissions, including forest-related changes.…”

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Does the Kyoto Protocol as an International Environmental Policy Promote Forest Carbon Sinks?

Lin

2021

Journal of Global Information Management

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Under the background of carbon neutrality, the carbon sequestration of forest ecosystems is an important way to mitigate climate change. Forest could not only protect the environment but also an important industry for economic development. As an international climate policy that first recognized the role of forest carbon sinks on climate change, the question becomes, has the Kyoto Protocol promoted the development of forest carbon sinks in contracting parties? To explore this, data of forest can be obtained at the national level. Hence, data of economic, social, polity and climate in 147 countries is also collected. The generalized synthetic control method is adopted. The results show that the policy effect of the Kyoto Protocol was obvious and significant. Moreover, the effect was more significant after the enforcement in 2005. Especially after the first commitment period, the policy effect of the second period is more obvious. Some policy implications are drawn.

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“…Although the importance of managing live trees (and standing and downed dead wood) in forest ecosystems as NCS has been established, large uncertainty remains on how to manage and potentially increase forest soil C storage in managed forests. In forestry, practical forest management guidelines used within the United States include best practices for mitigating impacts of forest management activities on soil productivity (Cristan et al., 2016), but have thus far overlooked forest soil C as a management objective (Case et al., 2021). As soil accounts for an estimated 56% of the total ecosystem C on managed lands in the conterminous United States (Domke et al., 2017; Table 4), accounting for soil C when assessing the potential for IFM to store C is essential.…”

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Improved forest management as a natural climate solution: A review

Kaarakka

Cornett

Domke

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Ecol Sol and Evidence

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1. Natural climate solutions (NCS), a set of land management, conservation and restoration practices aimed at mitigating climate change, have been introduced as cost-effective strategies to increase carbon (C) sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems. Improved forest management (IFM) has been identified as one NCS for working forests with substantial climate change mitigation potential. However, there is a disconnect between the policy and carbon markets context and the scientific evidence for verifiable C benefits. Further, forest soil C-the largest forest C pool-has largely been excluded from current forest management guidelines and has not been included in the IFM discourse.2. Herein, we assess the evidence for the potential of specific IFM practices to sequester C in live forest vegetation and store it in both live and dead organic matter, and forest soil. We review IFM approaches that can enhance forest C storage, and links to best management practices and silvicultural systems to offer guidance for practitioners and researchers in the Great Lakes region of the United States. Finally, we discuss the current challenges and opportunities in including soil C in forest C management guidelines and frameworks. K E Y W O R D Scarbon management, forest carbon, forest management, improved forest management, land use, land management, natural climate solutions, silviculture, soil carbon INTRODUCTIONLand management strongly affects the ability of ecosystems to sequester and store carbon (C). Natural climate solutions (NCS), a set of land management, conservation and restoration practices aimed at mitigating climate change, have been introduced as cost-effective tools that increase C sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems (Fargione et al., 2018;Griscom et al., 2017), while also sustaining biodiversityThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Forests of the future: Climate change impacts and implications for carbon storage in the Pacific Northwest, USA

Cited by 59 publications

References 196 publications

Effects of Forestry on Carbon Emissions in China: Evidence From a Dynamic Spatial Durbin Model

Effects of Forestry on Carbon Emissions in China: Evidence From a Dynamic Spatial Durbin Model

Does the Kyoto Protocol as an International Environmental Policy Promote Forest Carbon Sinks?

Improved forest management as a natural climate solution: A review

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