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Global Forest Carbon Budget (tons of C/y)

Explore strategies to enhance carbon sequestration in forests for environmental balance and longevity. Discover the impact of forest management on carbon flux and storage rates over time. Gain insights into sustainable practices for maintaining healthy ecosystems and mitigating carbon emissions.

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Global Forest Carbon Budget (tons of C/y)

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  1. Global Forest Carbon Budget (tons of C/y) Pan et al. 2011 Science333:988-993

  2. Global Carbon Fluxes Pan et al. 2011 Science 333:988-993

  3. U.S. Forest Carbon Balance-(0 is neutral- rising line represents carbon being released) 16.5 billion tons stored; 220 million tons per year 46 billion tons released, 196 million tons per year McKinley et al. 2011. Ecological Applications 21:1902–1924

  4. Carbon storage in the USA Zhu, Zhiliang, and Reed, B.C., eds., 2012, Baseline and projected future carbon storage and greenhouse-gas fluxes in ecosystems of the Western United States: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1797, 192 p. (http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1797/.)

  5. Carbon flux

  6. USDA Forest Service. 2010. Carbon storage in US forests, by state, sub-region, and ownership group. Available online at www.fia.fs.fed.us/Forest%20Carbon/docs/Total%20Carbon%20storage%20in%20US%20Forests%2020101028.xls [Only forest land included,.}

  7. PNW Old Growth Reserves Smithwick, Erica AH, et al. "Potential upper bounds of carbon stores in forests of the Pacific Northwest." Ecological Applications 12.5 (2002): 1303-1317.

  8. PNW Old Growth Reserves Smithwick, Erica AH, et al. "Potential upper bounds of carbon stores in forests of the Pacific Northwest." Ecological Applications 12.5 (2002): 1303-1317.

  9. Carbon accumulation with active forest management can increase C, but… Cumulative carbon (Mg/ha) 0 20 40 60 80 100 McKinley et al. 2011. Years

  10. …declines and recovers when starting with Old Growth forest Cumulative carbon (Mg/ha) McKinley et al. 2011. Ecological Applications 21:1902–1924

  11. Managing 2nd growth to increase carbon storage Carbon Storage Rate vsTotal Storage Carbon Industrial Forestry Harvest Age 0 60 120 180 Forest age (years) Slide: Paul Fischer 1Canadell and Raupach 2008. Science 320: 1456-7.

  12. Harvest and carbon pools Carbon with NO HARVEST Carbon with HARVEST Carbon Wood products Wood products 0 60 120 180 Forest age (years) Slide: Paul Fischer

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