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  Realizing mitigation efficiency of European commercial forests by climate smart forestry

Yousefpour, R., Augustynczik, A. L. D., Reyer, C. P. O., Lasch-Born, P., Suckow, F., Hanewinkel, M. (2018): Realizing mitigation efficiency of European commercial forests by climate smart forestry. - Scientific Reports, 8, 345.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18778-w

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Yousefpour, R.1, Author
Augustynczik, A. L. D.1, Author
Reyer, Christopher P. O.2, Author              
Lasch-Born, Petra2, Author              
Suckow, Felicitas2, Author              
Hanewinkel, M.1, Author
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 Abstract: European temperate and boreal forests sequester up to 12% of Europe’s annual carbon emissions. Forest carbon density can be manipulated through management to maximize its climate mitigation potential, and fast-growing tree species may contribute the most to Climate Smart Forestry (CSF) compared to slow-growing hardwoods. This type of CSF takes into account not only forest resource potentials in sequestering carbon, but also the economic impact of regional forest products and discounts both variables over time. We used the process-based forest model 4 C to simulate European commercial forests’ growth conditions and coupled it with an optimization algorithm to simulate the implementation of CSF for 18 European countries encompassing 68.3 million ha of forest (42.4% of total EU-28 forest area). We found a European CSF policy that could sequester 7.3–11.1 billion tons of carbon, projected to be worth 103 to 141 billion euros in the 21st century. An efficient CSF policy would allocate carbon sequestration to European countries with a lower wood price, lower labor costs, high harvest costs, or a mixture thereof to increase its economic efficiency. This policy prioritized the allocation of mitigation efforts to northern, eastern and central European countries and favored fast growing conifers Picea abies and Pinus sylvestris to broadleaves Fagus sylvatica and Quercus species.

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 Dates: 2018
 Publication Status: Finally published
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-18778-w
PIKDOMAIN: Climate Impacts & Vulnerabilities - Research Domain II
eDoc: 7914
Research topic keyword: Climate impacts
Research topic keyword: Ecosystems
Research topic keyword: Adaptation
Research topic keyword: Mitigation
Model / method: 4C
Regional keyword: Europe
Organisational keyword: RD2 - Climate Resilience
Working Group: Forest and Ecosystem Resilience
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