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Carbon,Fossil Fuel,and Biodiversity Mitigation With Wood and Forests
Authors:Chadwick Dearing Oliver  Nedal T Nassar  Bruce R Lippke  James B McCarter
Institution:1. School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USAchad.oliver@yale.edu;3. School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA;4. College of the Environment, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Abstract:Life-cycle analyses, energy analyses, and a range of utilization efficiencies were developed to determine the carbon dioxide (CO2) and fossil fuel (FF) saved by various solid wood products, wood energy, and unharvested forests. Some products proved very efficient in CO2 and FF savings, while others did not. Not considering forest regrowth after harvest or burning if not harvested, efficient products save much more CO2 than the standing forest; but wood used only for energy generally saves slightly less. Avoided emissions (using wood in place of steel and concrete) contributes the most to CO2 and FF savings compared to the product and wood energy contributions. Burning parts of the harvested logs that are not used for products creates an additional CO2 and FF savings. Using wood substitutes could save 14 to 31% of global CO2 emissions and 12 to 19% of global FF consumption by using 34 to 100% of the world’s sustainable wood growth. Maximizing forest CO2 sequestration may not be compatible with biodiversity. More CO2 can be sequestered synergistically in the products or wood energy and landscape together than in the unharvested landscape. Harvesting sustainably at an optimum stand age will sequester more carbon in the combined products, wood energy, and forest than harvesting sustainably at other ages.
Keywords:carbon sequestration  wood products  biodiversity  fossil fuel  global forest growth  sustainable forest management
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