Climate change mitigation in Canada's forest sector: a spatially explicit case study for two regions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We determine the potential of forests and the forest sector to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by changes in management practices and wood use for two regions within Canada's managed forest from 2018 to 2050. Our modeling frameworks include the Carbon Budget Model of the Canadian Forest Sector, a framework for harvested wood products that estimates emissions based on product half-life decay times, and an account of marginal emission substitution benefits from the changes in use of wood products and bioenergy. Using a spatially explicit forest inventory with 16 ha pixels, we examine mitigation scenarios relating to forest management and wood use: increased harvesting efficiency; residue management for bioenergy; reduced harvest; reduced slashburning, and more long

SUBMITTER: Smyth CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6125263 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature