RE: Forests and forest management plays a key role in mitigating climate change
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RE: Forests and forest management plays a key role in mitigating climate change. / Bentsen, Niclas Scott; Nord-Larsen, Thomas; Larsen, Søren; Berndes, Göran; Birdsey, Richard; Cowie, Annette; Felby, Claus; Junginger, Martin ; Kant, Promode; Kurz, Werner; Lamb, David ; Löf, Magnus; Madsen, Palle; Oliver, Chadwick Dearing; Smith, Tat; Stanturf, John A.; Nielsen, Anders Tærø; Vesterdal, Lars.
I: Science, 19.02.2016.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Kommentar/debat › Forskning
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T1 - RE: Forests and forest management plays a key role in mitigating climate change
AU - Bentsen, Niclas Scott
AU - Nord-Larsen, Thomas
AU - Larsen, Søren
AU - Berndes, Göran
AU - Birdsey, Richard
AU - Cowie, Annette
AU - Felby, Claus
AU - Junginger, Martin
AU - Kant, Promode
AU - Kurz, Werner
AU - Lamb, David
AU - Löf, Magnus
AU - Madsen, Palle
AU - Oliver, Chadwick Dearing
AU - Smith, Tat
AU - Stanturf, John A.
AU - Nielsen, Anders Tærø
AU - Vesterdal, Lars
PY - 2016/2/19
Y1 - 2016/2/19
N2 - The report by Naudts et al. concludes that forest management in Europe during the last 260 years has failed to result in net CO2 removal from the atmosphere. The authors have reached this conclusion through their failure to consider a key factor in their otherwise comprehensive analysis.The authors present an analysis of net carbon emissions from forest, but omit substitution effects related to the link between forest management and the fossil carbon pool. The link between fossil and terrestrial carbon pools is however critical for modelling climate impacts. To conclude as they do, the authors should have asked: What would the GHG emissions have been in absence of forest management in Europe? The services provided by forest management - increased biofuel and materials production – substitute fossil fuels and materials, which are generally GHG-intensive. The report ignores that sustained yield forest management was developed to meet demands for energy and materials for an increasing population and prevented a complete destruction of Europe’s forest. Particularly since 1850, forest management has increased Europe’s forest area and productivity, and thus also the forest carbon pool as also reported by Naudts et al. By ignoring the link between forestry and fossil carbon pools and not considering development in the absence of forest management, there is no accounting for the effect on GHG emissions, and no basis for estimating the contribution of forest management to cl...
AB - The report by Naudts et al. concludes that forest management in Europe during the last 260 years has failed to result in net CO2 removal from the atmosphere. The authors have reached this conclusion through their failure to consider a key factor in their otherwise comprehensive analysis.The authors present an analysis of net carbon emissions from forest, but omit substitution effects related to the link between forest management and the fossil carbon pool. The link between fossil and terrestrial carbon pools is however critical for modelling climate impacts. To conclude as they do, the authors should have asked: What would the GHG emissions have been in absence of forest management in Europe? The services provided by forest management - increased biofuel and materials production – substitute fossil fuels and materials, which are generally GHG-intensive. The report ignores that sustained yield forest management was developed to meet demands for energy and materials for an increasing population and prevented a complete destruction of Europe’s forest. Particularly since 1850, forest management has increased Europe’s forest area and productivity, and thus also the forest carbon pool as also reported by Naudts et al. By ignoring the link between forestry and fossil carbon pools and not considering development in the absence of forest management, there is no accounting for the effect on GHG emissions, and no basis for estimating the contribution of forest management to cl...
UR - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/351/6273/597.e-letters
UR - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/297738445_RE_Forests_and_forest_management_plays_a_key_role_in_mitigating_climate_change
M3 - Comment/debate
JO - Science
JF - Science
SN - 0036-8075
ER -
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