A life cycle and product type based estimator for quantifying the carbon stored in wood products.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Timber harvesting and industrial wood processing laterally transfer the carbon stored in forest sectors to wood products creating a wood products carbon pool. The carbon stored in wood products is allocated to end-use wood products (e.g., paper, furniture), landfill, and charcoal. Wood products can store substantial amounts of carbon and contribute to the mitigation of greenhouse effects. Therefore, accurate accounts for the size of wood products carbon pools for different regions are essential to estimating the land-atmosphere carbon exchange by using the bottom-up approach of carbon stock change.

Results

To quantify the carbon stored in wood products, we developed a state-of-the-art estimator (Wood Products Carbon Storage Estimator, WPsCS Estimator) that include

SUBMITTER: Wei X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9844030 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature