Carbon Storage and Forest Management

A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 May 2022) | Viewed by 2356

Special Issue Editor

1. Laboratoire de Géologie de l'ENS, PSL University, Paris, France
2. Institute of Social Ecology (SEC), Department of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Wien, Austria
Interests: forest carbon; forest transition; agricultural systems; organic farming; land ecosystems; long-term perspective on nutrient cycling; socio-ecological metabolism; field experimentation; prospective scenarios of land ecosystems management; nature-based solution for climate change mitigation

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Forests are key for climate change mitigation as they can act as a sink or source of carbon following different management and land cover change. Nevertheless, they are also endangered by numerous risks leading to net carbon emissions from forest biomass and soils in many countries of the world. Understanding the drivers and underlying mechanisms of forest carbon trends is therefore essential to forging future forest-based solutions for climate change mitigation. In that context, we are delighted to launch a Special Issue on “Carbon Storage and Forest Management” in Land which will contribute to the important scientific and societal issues regarding the effects of forest management on net carbon storage.

We welcome contributions from biophysical and social sciences as we consider that insights into the interplay between forest management and carbon storage shall impact the functioning of both ecosystems and society. We encourage submissions that will tackle issues regarding—but not restricted to—the following: (i) the role and interaction of different drivers on the global or national forest carbon balances; (ii) the trade-off between different ecosystem services provided by forests, including climate regulation, biodiversity, and wood and feed provision; (iii) the implementation of forest conservation policy; and (iv) forest-based solutions for climate change mitigation and their impacts on rural livelihood conditions. Long-term perspective, present analysis, and assessment of future possible scenarios are all suited to answer those questions.

Dr. Julia Le Noé
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Forest management
  • Land cover change
  • Forest carbon balance
  • Ecosystem services
  • Socio-ecological metabolism of forest
  • Forest-based solution for climate change mitigation
  • Rural livelihood conditions
  • Forest policy

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Assessing the Opportunity Cost of Carbon Stock Caused by Land-Use Changes in Taiwan
by Ming-Yun Chu and Wan-Yu Liu
Land 2021, 10(11), 1240; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/land10111240 - 12 Nov 2021
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Abstract
As compared with conventional approaches for reducing carbon emissions, the strategies of reducing emissions from deforestations and forest degradation (REDD) can greatly reduce costs. Hence, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change regards the REDD strategies as a crucial approach to mitigate [...] Read more.
As compared with conventional approaches for reducing carbon emissions, the strategies of reducing emissions from deforestations and forest degradation (REDD) can greatly reduce costs. Hence, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change regards the REDD strategies as a crucial approach to mitigate climate change. To respond to climate change, Taiwan passed the Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Management Act to control the emissions of greenhouse gases. In 2021, the Taiwan government has announced that it will achieve the carbon neutrality target by 2050. Accordingly, starting with focusing on the carbon sink, the REDD strategies have been considered a recognized and feasible strategy in Taiwan. This study analyzed the net present value and carbon storage for various land-use types to estimate the carbon stock and opportunity cost of land-use changes. When the change of agricultural land to artificial forests generated carbon stock, the opportunity cost of carbon stock was negative. Contrarily, restoring artificial forests (which refer to a kind of forest that is formed through artificial planting, cultivation, and conservation) to agricultural land would generate carbon emissions, but create additional income. Since the opportunity cost of carbon storage needs to be lower than the carbon market price so that landlords have incentives to conduct REDD+, the outcomes of this study can provide a reference for the government to set an appropriate subsidy or price for carbon sinks. It is suggested that the government should offer sufficient incentives to reforest collapsed land, and implement interventions, promote carbon trading policies, or regulate the development of agricultural land so as to maintain artificial broadleaf forests for increased carbon storage. Full article
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