Extending rotation age for carbon sequestration: A cross-protocol comparison of North American forest offsets

2009 ◽  
Vol 259 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy G. Foley ◽  
Daniel deB. Richter ◽  
Christopher S. Galik
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
North American ◽  
Rotation Age

scholarly journals Effects of Carbon Markets on the Optimal Management of Slash Pine (Pinus elliottii) Plantations

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janaki R.R. Alavalapati ◽  
G. Andrew Stainback
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Pinus Elliottii ◽  
Carbon Markets ◽  
Optimal Management ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Management Regime ◽  
Rotation Age ◽  
Mitigate Climate Change

Abstract Global climate change is a growing concern among many policy makers. This concern has led to substantial interest in using forests as one option to mitigate climate change. In this article, the effect of internalizing carbon sequestration benefits on the optimal management of slashpine plantations is explored. Results suggest that without carbon benefits, it is optimal to use herbicide and bedding but not fertilizer because the increase in timber yield does not justify the high cost of fertilizer. With carbon benefits, however, the use of fertilizer becomes profitable.Thus a carbon market would likely induce plantation owners to increase their management intensity, which may in turn also have significant impacts on the amount of carbon sequestered. For example, by allowing the management regime to vary in addition to rotation age, the amount of carbon sequestereddecreased from 204 to 164 metric tons of carbon per acre when carbon prices increased from $40 to $200 per metric ton. Thus increasing carbon sequestration on the intensive margin may be less feasible than previously supposed, but increasing on the extensive margin may be highlypracticable South. J. Appl. For. 29(1):27–32.

scholarly journals Estate-Level Economics of Carbon Storage and Sequestration

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petri P. Kärenlampi
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Spruce Forest ◽  
Rotation Age ◽  
Carbon Prices ◽  
Capital Return

The expense of carbon sequestration in terms of capital return deficiency is investigated at estate level, in the case of a fertile boreal estate dominated by spruce forest. Thinnings from below result as a high expense of increased rotation age, thinnings from above as a small expense. The expense of increased timber stock is greater than any proportional carbon rent based on present carbon prices. Application of nonproportional carbon rent is proposed.

scholarly journals Carbon forestry compensation on estate level

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petri P. Kärenlampi
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Spruce Forest ◽  
Carbon Forestry ◽  
Rotation Age ◽  
Carbon Prices ◽  
Capital Return

The expense of carbon sequestration in terms of capital return deficiency is investigated at estate level, in the case of a fertile boreal estate dominated by spruce forest. Thinnings from below result as a high expense of increased rotation age, thinnings from above as a small expense. The expense of increased timber stock is greater than any proportional carbon rent based on present carbon prices. Application of non-proportional carbon rent is proposed.

Optimal forest management for timber value and carbon sequestration benefits in tropical planted forests: a case study of household foresters in Vietnam

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 746-766 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nhung Nghiem
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Net Present Value ◽  
Acacia Mangium ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Planted Forests ◽  
Financial Status ◽  
Optimal Rotation ◽  
Rotation Age

AbstractEnhancing carbon sequestration is crucial to mitigate rising global levels of greenhouse gases, and for developing countries, carbon sequestration may also provide economic benefits via international carbon trading schemes. This study aimed to determine the optimal management strategy for tropical planted forests when timber and carbon sequestration are valued. The survey data were collected from 291 household foresters, who were growing Eucalyptus urophylla and Acacia mangium in Yen Bai Province, Vietnam. The regression exercise suggests that financial status was negatively correlated with forest management practices, and ethnicity and financial status were correlated with carbon sequestration management. The survey results suggest that the mean rotation age employed by household foresters is five years. However, the optimization modelling suggests that the optimal rotation age for maximizing net present value is greater than nine years. The differences between current practices and optimal practices therefore favour a role for government policy interventions.

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