Carbon storage potential of harvested wood: summary and policy implications

摘要: Within national greenhouse gas inventories, many countries now use widely-accepted methodologies to track carbon that continues be stored in wood products and landfills after its removal from the forest. Beyond simply tracking post-harvest carbon, expansion of this pool has further been suggested as a potential climate change mitigation strategy. This paper summarizes data on fate through processing chain emissions generated by processing, transport, disposal wood. As result waste decomposition, long-term harvested may small proportion originally standing trees—across United States approximately 1% remain in-use 13% at 100 years post-harvest. Related transport some cases approach amount CO2e long-lived solid products. Policies promote product storage strategy must assess full life-cycle impacts, address accounting uncertainties, balance multiple public values derived forests.