Some potential carbon budget implications of fire management in the boreal forest

1996 ◽  
pp. 89-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian J. Stocks ◽  
Bryan S. Lee ◽  
David L. Martell
Keyword(s):  
Boreal Forest ◽  
Carbon Budget ◽  
Fire Management ◽  
Potential Carbon

The economic impact of fire management on timber production in the boreal forest region of Quebec, Canada

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (12) ◽  
pp. 831 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baburam Rijal ◽  
Frédéric Raulier ◽  
David L. Martell ◽  
Sylvie Gauthier
Keyword(s):  
Boreal Forest ◽  
Fire Management ◽  
Fire Suppression ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Fire Risk ◽  
Timber Harvest ◽  
Forest Resources ◽  
Wood Processing ◽  
Forest Region

Wildfire is an important component of the dynamics of boreal-forest ecosystems, but it can also contribute to the loss of forest resources, especially when fires escape initial attack and become large. Annual fire management costs in the province of Quebec are substantial (annual average of C$69 million for 1994–2014). The main objective of this study was to evaluate the financial impact of fire management on forest resources in Quebec. Our study includes cost–benefit analyses of nine fire management presuppression expenditure scenarios using forest and fire data for three commercially managed forest management units in the province of Quebec that experience varying mean annual burn rates (0.06–0.56%year−1). The reduction in the burn rate attributed to fire management increased the revenue from the sale of primary-processed wood product and reduced fire suppression expenditure. The combined effects of reduced suppression expenditure and increased revenue from value-added timber harvest and wood processing with a lower fire risk compensated for increased fire presuppression expenditure.

Direct Effects of Fire on the Boreal Forest Carbon Budget

2000 ◽  
pp. 51-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric S. Kasischke ◽  
Brian J. Stocks ◽  
Kathy O’Neill ◽  
Nancy H. F. French ◽  
Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez
Keyword(s):  
Boreal Forest ◽  
Carbon Budget ◽  
Forest Carbon ◽  
Direct Effects

A carbon-budget approach shows that reduced decomposition causes the nitrogen-induced increase in soil carbon in a boreal forest

2021 ◽  
Vol 502 ◽  
pp. 119750
Author(s):  
John D. Marshall ◽  
Matthias Peichl ◽  
Lasse Tarvainen ◽  
Hyungwoo Lim ◽  
Tomas Lundmark ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Boreal Forest ◽  
Soil Carbon ◽  
Carbon Budget ◽  
Reduced Decomposition

Recent Changes in Annual Area Burned in Interior Alaska: The Impact of Fire Management

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. P. Calef ◽  
A. Varvak ◽  
A. D. McGuire ◽  
F. S. Chapin ◽  
K. B. Reinhold
Keyword(s):  
Boreal Forest ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Fire Management ◽  
Fire Suppression ◽  
Regional Climate ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
Fire Service ◽  
Area Burned ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The Alaskan boreal forest is characterized by frequent extensive wildfires whose spatial extent has been mapped for the past 70 years. Simple predictions based on this record indicate that area burned will increase as a response to climate warming in Alaska. However, two additional factors have affected the area burned in this time record: the Pacific decadal oscillation (PDO) switched from cool and moist to warm and dry in the late 1970s and the Alaska Fire Service instituted a fire suppression policy in the late 1980s. In this paper a geographic information system (GIS) is used in combination with statistical analyses to reevaluate the changes in area burned through time in Alaska considering both the influence of the PDO and fire management. The authors found that the area burned has increased since the PDO switch and that fire management drastically decreased the area burned in highly suppressed zones. However, the temporal analysis of this study shows that the area burned is increasing more rapidly in suppressed zones than in the unsuppressed zone since the late 1980s. These results indicate that fire policies as well as regional climate patterns are important as large-scale controls on fires over time and across the Alaskan boreal forest.

scholarly journals A burning question: Can natural climate solutions and carbon financing save the lion from extinction?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy H. Tear ◽  
Nicholas H. Wolff ◽  
Geoffrey J. Lipsett-Moore ◽  
Mark E. Ritchie ◽  
Natasha S. Ribeiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Fire Management ◽  
Panthera Leo ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Pilot Projects ◽  
Single Method ◽  
Avoided Emissions ◽  
Natural Climate ◽  
Funding Gap ◽  
Potential Carbon

AbstractLions (Panthera leo) in Africa have lost nearly half their population in just the last two decades, and effective management of the protected areas where lions live will cost an estimated USD $1 B/year in new funding. We explore the potential for natural climate solutions to fill this funding gap by introducing early dry season fire management programs to generate carbon credits. Potential carbon revenue from a single method (avoided emissions) or from multiple sequestration methods could provide annual revenue of USD $59.6-$655.9 M (at USD $5/ton) or USD $155.0 M–$1.7 B (at USD $13/ton). The top twenty PAs with lions and the greatest PCR could generate annually between USD $2.0–$57.5 M per PA, and PAs with the greatest potential for lion numbers between USD $1.5–$44.4 M per PA. We highlight priorities for investments and pilot projects to realize this potential in Africa.

Comment—A re-examination of the effects of fire suppression in the boreal forest

2001 ◽  
Vol 31 (8) ◽  
pp. 1462-1466 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Miyanishi ◽  
E A Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Boreal Forest ◽  
Fire Management ◽  
Fire Suppression ◽  
Fire Frequency ◽  
Stand Age ◽  
Reliable Estimate ◽  
Fire Size ◽  
Fire Cycle ◽  
Large Fires ◽  
In Fire

A report by Ward and Tithecott (P.C. Ward and A.G. Tithecott. 1993. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aviation, Flood and Fire Management Branch, Publ. 305.) is frequently cited in the literature as providing evidence of the effects of fire suppression on the boreal forest. The study is based on 15 years of fire data and stand age data from Ontario, Canada. A re-examination of this report reveals serious flaws that invalidate the conclusions regarding effects of fire suppression on fire size and fire frequency. The fire-size data from the unprotected zone are censored in the small size classes because of detection resolution, invalidating comparisons of shapes of the distributions between the protected and unprotected zones. Use of different plotting scales gives the false appearance of large differences in the number of large fires between the two zones. Stand age data are used to show a change in fire frequency in the 20th century, and this change is attributed to fire suppression. However, no evidence is presented to conclude that this change in fire frequency is attributable to fire suppression and not to climate change. The estimate of the current fire cycle is based on too short a record to give a reliable estimate given the variation in annual area burned. Therefore, this report does not present sound evidence of fire suppression effects and should not be cited as such.

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