Harvested wood products and REDD+: looking beyond the forest border

摘要: The focus of REDD+ is sensu stricto on maintaining forest carbon stocks. We extend the scope sustainable management from forests to timber utilization, and study offsets resulting utilization harvested for bio energy or wood products (HWPs). emission budget harvesting operations depends loss standing biomass by extracted site logging losses one side, other end use processing residues. develop two scenarios quantify magnitude CO2 emissions (1) energetic (2) material compare substitution effects different fossil sources. direct does not compensate stock. Logging residuals displacement factors reflecting constitute far most important factor in potential reductions. Substitution mill HWPs have only a subordinated contribution total as well type fuel utilized effects. Material associated with show high increase climate change benefits. observation perception should be restricted reduced impact practices domain but extended timber. result considerable reductions, which can carbon, eventually contribute overall mitigation benefits forestry sector.