How the future of the global forest sink depends on timber demand, forest management, and carbon policies.

ABSTRACT: Deforestation has contributed significantly to net greenhouse gas emissions, but slowing deforestation, regrowing forests and other ecosystem processes have made forests a net sink. Deforestation will still influence future carbon fluxes, but the role of forest growth through aging, management, and other silvicultural inputs on future carbon fluxes are critically important but not always recognized by bookkeeping and integrated assessment models. When projecting the future, it is vital to capture how management processes affect carbon storage in ecosystems and wood products. This study uses multiple global forest sector models to project forest carbon impacts across 81 shared socioeconomic (SSP) and climate mitigation pathway scenarios. We illustrate the importance of modeling management d

SUBMITTER: Daigneault A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10631560 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature