Modeling the role of forests in a regional carbon mitigation plan |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Agroscope, Climate and Air Pollution Group, Reckenholzstrasse 191, Zürich, Switzerland;2. Forest Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, St. Kliment Ohridski Blvd. 132, Sofia, Bulgaria;3. University of Bern, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freiestrasse 3, Bern, Switzerland;4. University of Bern, Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, Freiestrasse 3, Bern, Switzerland;5. Ecology Department, SLU, Ulls Väg 17, 75651 Uppsala, Sweden;1. CNR, Institute for Agricultural and Forest Systems in the Mediterranean (ISAFOM), Via Cavour 4/6, 87036 Rende, CS, Italy;2. Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences (DiBEST), University of Calabria, Via. P. Bucci 15/B, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, CS, Italy;1. INIA-CIFOR, Silviculture and Forest Management Department, Madrid, Spain;2. Austrian Forest Research Center (BFW), Seckendorff GudentWeg 8, 1131 Vienna, Austria;3. Faculty of Silviculture and Forest Engineering, Transilvania University of Brasov, Sirul Beethoven 1, 500123 Brasov, Romania;4. Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Latokartanonkaari 9, 00790 Helsinki, Finland;5. University of Tartu, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, 46 Vanemuise St, 51014, Estonia;6. Estonian Environment Agency, Mustamäe tee 33, 10616 Tallinn, Estonia;7. National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry (INCDS) “Marin Drăcea”, National Forest Inventory, Bd Eroilor 128, Voluntari, Ilfov, Romania;8. Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 1, 51014 Tartu, Estonia;9. Forest Resources and Management, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland;10. Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute, Universidad de Valladolid & INIA, Palencia, Spain |
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| Abstract: | Biomass from the forest sector can be an important source of renewable energy and can contribute to climate change mitigation and bioenergy development. However, the removal of biomass from forests has significant impacts on the forest ecosystem. For instance, it modifies soil litter which is particularly important to preserve soil characteristics and to sustain a diversity of organisms. Our aim is to analyze alternatives of sustainable forest management and compare how they perform in terms of carbon savings in order to assess the role of the sector in a regional emission reduction plan. The analysis is performed applying CO2FIX, a well-known carbon accounting model to the forests of the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. The behavior of the most important forest macro-categories is investigated under common management alternatives: no harvest activities, maintenance of a constant stock, different rotation lengths, and maximization of harvested biomass. We evaluate their impact at landscape level on the regional carbon budget, thus estimating the maximum potential contribution from the forest sector. |
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