Scenarios for the carbon balance of Finnish forests and wood products |
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| Institution: | 1. European Forest Institute, Torikatu 34, 80100 Joensuu, Finland;2. Faculty of Forestry, University of Joensuu, P.O. Box 111, 80101 Joensuu, Finland;3. Finnish Forest Research Institute, Unioninkatu 40A, 00170 Helsinki, Finland;1. Faculty of Silviculture and Forest Engineering, Transilvania University of Brasov, Șirul Beethoven, 1, 500123, Brasov, Romania;2. Buckinghamshire New University, Queen Alexandra Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 2JZ, UK;1. Faculty of Forestry, University of Agriculture in Krakow, al. 29-Listopada 46, 31-425 Krakow, Poland;2. Department of Forestry and Renewable Forest Resources, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Vecna pot 83, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia;3. Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Sciences, University of Turin, via Leonardo da Vinci, Grugliasco 44, Italy;4. Faculty of Forestry, University of Banja Luka, Bulevar Stepe Stepanovića 75, 78000 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina;1. University of Turku, Department of Geography and Geology, FI-20014, Turku, Finland;2. University of Turku, Department of Physics and Astronomy, FI-20014, Turku, Finland |
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| Abstract: | The objective of this paper is to compare different scenarios for carbon (C) sequestration in the forest sector in Finland. Forest inventory data was used as input data to simulate the dynamics of C sequestration with a gap-type forest simulation model and a wood product model. In the baseline scenario, current forest management practices were applied. In another scenario, current recommendations for forest management were applied, which resulted in more intensive harvesting than in the baseline scenario. Both scenarios were also applied under changing climatic conditions to demonstrate the possible effect of climate change on C sequestration.This study demonstrates that C sequestration assessments should include not only C in the biomass of trees, but also C in the soil and in the wood products, as well as interactions between the respective pools. Partial assessments are likely to result in misleading estimates of the actual C sequestration. Forest management affects the distribution of C between the pools and the changing climate is likely to change this distribution. The Kyoto Protocol deals with only a limited part of the forestry and forest C cycle and C accounting accordingly can provide results that depart substantially from more complete accounting. |
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