Incorporating water production and carbon sequestration into forest management planning: a case study in Yalnızçcam planning unit

Başkent, Emin Zeki; Küçüker, Derya Mumcu

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“…Changing the objective from the NPV of mushroom to the NPV of timber with even timber flow constraint caused a significant reduction of 90% and 76% in mushroom production and the NPV of mushroom, respectively ( Table 3). As expected, the integration of regulatory constraints into forest management plans has greatly affected both economic profit and the amount of forest ecosystem services, such as timber and mushroom, negatively [36,[45][46][47][48].…”

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“…To date, a number of studies have incorporated some important forest ecosystem services such as amenities, recreation, soil protection, carbon sequestration, and water production into forest management plans and have further analyzed the interactions among these forest ecosystem services [15,[33][34][35][36][37][38]. However, there have been very limited attempts to develop NWFP integrated DSS to address the effects of various forest management intensities or actions on mushroom production at stand or regional level [3,16,39].…”

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Sustaining the Joint Production of Timber and Lactarius Mushroom: A Case Study of a Forest Management Planning Unit in Northwestern Turkey

Küçüker

Başkent

2017

Sustainability

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Forest management planning focusing on sustainable supply of forest-based services such as wood and Non-Wood Forest Products (NWFPs) is important for the sustainability of forest ecosystems over time. This study explores the development of a mushroom integrated decision support system (ETÇAPOptimization) for multiple use forest management planning and for the analysis of long-term effects of different forest management scenarios on the joint production of timber and mushroom. The Decision Support System (DSS) integrates both mushroom and timber production derived from the same forest ecosystem using empirical models for mushroom occurrence and yield as well as for tree growth. The DSS takes further into account the spatial distribution and productivity models of Lactarius deliciosus and Lactarius salmonicolor generated for the Kızılcasu Planning unit in Northwest Turkey. Six different forest management scenarios were considered, each with a different set of objectives, e.g., maximization of both the amount and the income from timber or mushroom production. Some scenarios include further timber even flow constraints (10% fluctuation). The Net Present Value (NPV) and the amount of timber and of mushroom production were used as performance indicators to discuss and elaborate on forest dynamics under different management scenarios. The results indicated that forest management planning strategies to address the maximization of NPV from mushroom production scenarios are characterized by substantial decreases in total income from the forest due mainly to the conservation of forest areas to favor mushroom production. On the other hand, the integration of regulatory constraints into forest management plans lead to a substantial decrease of both the economic profit and the amount of forest ecosystem services, e.g., timber and mushroom. The results showed that the NPV from mushroom production can be two to three times higher than the NPV from timber production based on carefully designed management objectives and constraints.

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Sustaining the Joint Production of Timber and Lactarius Mushroom: A Case Study of a Forest Management Planning Unit in Northwestern Turkey

Küçüker

Başkent

2017

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“…Therefore, the forest management planning process, which can provide details of where, when and how management prescriptions should be scheduled across a landscape, has been widely used to support the assessment of economic and ecological (e.g., wildlife habitat, water quality and carbon sequestration) goals during the last few decades [1,[15][16][17]. Several studies have incorporated the carbon objective into the forest management planning model [1,16,18,19].…”

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Evaluating the Effects of Carbon Prices on Trade-Offs between Carbon and Timber Management Objectives in Forest Spatial Harvest Scheduling Problems: A Case Study from Northeast China

Dong

Huang

2017

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Abstract:To mitigate global climatic changes, long-term carbon trading and carbon taxes have been implemented in many countries. However, carbon prices have varied in many of these regions. Therefore, the goal of this paper was to evaluate the effects of carbon prices on trade-offs between forest carbon and timber management objectives in spatial harvest scheduling problems. The objective function of the planning problem was designed to maximize the discounted net present value of harvested timber and the differences of carbon stocks in living tree biomass between the beginning and end of the planning horizon (DoC) within a 30-year time frame for a large forest region in northeast China. The constraints primarily related to maintaining an even flow of harvested timber and guaranteeing the maximum opening size. Forest developments were simulated using a set of standard stand-level growth and yield models, and the solutions of the planning problem were generated using the standard version of a simulated annealing algorithm. The effects of a wide range of carbon prices on the harvested timber and DoC levels were examined. The results showed that the trade-offs between forest harvested timber and the DoC displayed a typical nonlinear tendency as carbon prices increased. The current carbon prices (i.e., 25, 50 and 75 ¥/ton) in China had no significant effects on the optimal forest management plans compared with a scenario that used a carbon price of zero. The minimum carbon price that can provide the financial incentive for the forests to function as a significant carbon sink was estimated to be somewhat over 800 ¥/ton. This result could be useful in determining the appropriate carbon offset standard in this region.

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“…While deer management shortens the rotation age of Douglas fir, for example, mass soil movement lengthens it. Recently, Diaz-Balteiro & Romero (2003), Backéus et al (2005) and Baskent & Mumcu-Kucuker (2010) incorporated carbon sequestration and water production into forest management planning to understand the trade-offs among forest values. Financial worth of carbon would influence the optimal rotation ages too.…”

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Evaluation of Forest Dynamics Focusing on Various Minimum Harvesting Ages in Multi-Purpose Forest Management Planning

Küçüker

Başkent

2015

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RESEARCH ARTICLE OPEN ACCESSof forest ecosystems (Christensen et al., 1996;Davis et al., 2001;Baskent et al., 2008a) In this way, the integration of water production and carbon sequestration into forest management planning becomes a significant challenge of contemporary research endeavors. Forest ecosystems cover wide range of areas on earth and as such they are one of the most important natural assets affecting the management of water resources. Therefore, forest ecosystems have significant function in the management of water resources. However, water resources in terms of quantity and quality are affected by anthropogenic activities as well as natural disturbances. Currently, the perceivable effects of climate change have raised great attention to disclose the water- Evaluation of Forest Dynamics Focusing on Various Minimum Harvesting Ages in Multi-Purpose Forest Management Planning AbstractAim of study: Exploring the potential effects of various forest management strategies on the ability of forest ecosystems to sequester carbon and produce water has become of great concern among forest researchers. The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of management strategies with different minimum harvesting ages on the amount and monetary worth of carbon, water and timber values.Area of study: The study was performed in the Yalnızçam planning unit located on the northeastern part of Turkey. Material and Methods:A forest management model with linear programming (LP) was developed to determine the effects of various minimum harvesting ages. Twenty-four different management strategies were developed to maximize the economic Net Present Value (NPV) of timber, water and carbon values in addition to their absolute quantities over time. Amount and NPV of forest values and ending inventory with different minimum harvesting ages were used as performance indicators to assess and thus understand forest dynamics.Main results: Amount and NPV of timber and carbon generally decreased with extended minimum harvesting ages. However, similar trends were not observed for water production values. The results pointed out that the performance of a management strategy depends highly on the development of a management strategy and the initial forest structure aside from the growth rate.Research highlights: Minimum harvesting ages affect forest outputs under the same objectives and constraints. Performance of a management strategy highly depends on initial age class structure in addition to the contents of a management strategy.

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Incorporating water production and carbon sequestration into forest management planning: a case study in Yalnızçcam planning unit

Cited by 25 publications

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Sustaining the Joint Production of Timber and Lactarius Mushroom: A Case Study of a Forest Management Planning Unit in Northwestern Turkey

Sustaining the Joint Production of Timber and Lactarius Mushroom: A Case Study of a Forest Management Planning Unit in Northwestern Turkey

Evaluating the Effects of Carbon Prices on Trade-Offs between Carbon and Timber Management Objectives in Forest Spatial Harvest Scheduling Problems: A Case Study from Northeast China

Evaluation of Forest Dynamics Focusing on Various Minimum Harvesting Ages in Multi-Purpose Forest Management Planning

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