Uncertainty analysis of climate change mitigation options in the forestry sector using a generic carbon budget model

Hannes Böttcher, Annette Freibauer, Michael Obersteiner and Ernst-Detlef Schulze

Ecological Modelling, 2008, vol. 213, issue 1, 45-62

Abstract: Industrialized countries agreed on a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol. Many countries elected forest management activities and the resulting net balance of carbon emissions and removals of non-CO2 greenhouse gases by forest management in their climate change mitigation measures. In this paper a generic dynamic forestry model (FORMICA) is presented. It has an empirical basis. Several modules trace C pools relevant for the Kyoto Protocol and beyond: biomass, litter, deadwood and soil, and harvested wood products. The model also accounts for the substitution of fossil fuels by wood products and bioenergy.

Keywords: Forest management; Regional modeling; Carbon; Climate change mitigation; Uncertainty analysis; Thuringia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.11.007

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