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Forest Carbon Adaptation and Mitigation Management

A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecology and Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2022) | Viewed by 5056

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Stith Thompson Gower

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College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
Interests: effects of disturbance on carbon; water and nutrient budgets of forest ecosystems; life cycle inventories of greenhouse gases to produce wood and paper products; forest carbon adaptation and mitigation management; whole system (biological and industrial) analysis of forest ecosystems and landscapes to optimize sustainable production of ecosystem goods and services

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Forest biomes comprise approximately 30% of all terrestrial biomes, store 60–70% of the total carbon in vegetation, and are responsible for the annual sequestration of about 30% of the total annual terrestrial carbon. Conversely, deforestation, wildfires, and forest dieback caused by pests and pathogens are significant regional and global sources of carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere. The objective of this Special Issue of Forests is to summarize original research and/or synthesize data pertaining to forest carbon adaptation and mitigation management. Specifically, we seek papers that quantify management practices that increase carbon sequestration for key forest ecosystems and biomes or decrease current carbon dioxide emissions associated with large-scale catastrophic disturbances, such as wildfires, deforestation, or forest pests and pathogens.

Prof. Dr. Stith Thompson Gower
Guest Editor

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Natural Resource Manager Perceptions of Forest Carbon Management and Carbon Market Participation in Minnesota
by Robert Lane Moser, Marcella A. Windmuller-Campione and Matthew B. Russell
Forests 2022, 13(11), 1949; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13111949 - 18 Nov 2022
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Forests and wood products, through the mechanisms of carbon sequestration and storage, can slow the rate of global climate change that results from greenhouse gas emissions. In recent years, both natural resource managers and the public have placed greater focus on the role [...] Read more.
Forests and wood products, through the mechanisms of carbon sequestration and storage, can slow the rate of global climate change that results from greenhouse gas emissions. In recent years, both natural resource managers and the public have placed greater focus on the role of forests and wood products as a solution to help mitigate the effects of climate change. Little is known about the perceptions and viability of carbon sequestration and storage as a management goal for natural resource managers of public agencies. We explored these perceptions in Minnesota, USA. Minnesota has 7.2 million hectares of forest land managed by a diverse array of landowners, from public agencies (55% of forest land) to private (45%) owners. We sought to (1) understand natural resource managers’ and forest owners’ perspectives on forest carbon opportunities and (2) understand the feasibility of management strategies that could be implemented to increase forest carbon sequestration and storage at a state level. We conducted two focus groups with 15 mid- and upper-level natural resource managers and non-industrial private forest landowners, representing both rural and urban perspectives and a variety of agencies and organizations. Minnesota natural resource managers and non-industrial private forest landowners indicated that they thought managing forests for carbon was compatible with other management goals but nonetheless represented a trade-off. However, they viewed the carbon credit market as the “Wild West” and noted several barriers to entering the carbon market, such as inconsistent carbon accounting protocols and a lack of connection between the price of carbon credits and the cost of managing forest land for carbon sequestration and storage. Full article
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Pinus tabulaeformis Forests Have Higher Carbon Sequestration Potential Than Larix principis-rupprechtii Forests in a Dryland Mountain Ecosystem, Northwest China
by Chun Han, Yage Li, Xiaoxue Dong, Changming Zhao and Lizhe An
Forests 2022, 13(5), 739; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13050739 - 9 May 2022
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Carbon sinks in terrestrial ecosystems can be significantly increased by afforestation, which will slow global warming. However, it is still unclear how different plantations influence the carbon sink and how they respond to environmental factors, especially in drylands. In this study, eddy correlation [...] Read more.
Carbon sinks in terrestrial ecosystems can be significantly increased by afforestation, which will slow global warming. However, it is still unclear how different plantations influence the carbon sink and how they respond to environmental factors, especially in drylands. In this study, eddy correlation method (EC) was used to measure carbon and water fluxes and environmental factors of two artificial forests (Larix principis-rupprechtii and Pinus tabulaeformis) in the dryland of Northwest China, and the responses of evapotranspiration (ET), net ecosystem exchange (NEE), gross primary productivity (GPP), and ecosystem respiration (RECO) to environmental factors were also assessed. Results showed that the L. principis-rupprechtii forest ecosystem had higher water use efficiency (WUE), light use efficiency (LUE), GPP, and RECO than the P. tabulaeformis forest ecosystem. However, the proportion of net ecosystem production (NEP) to GPP in the P. tabulaeformis forest ecosystem (62.89%) was higher than that in the L. principis-rupprechtii forest ecosystem (47.49%), indicating that the P. tabulaeformis forest ecosystem had the higher carbon sequestration efficiency. In addition, the CO2 and H2O fluxes in the L. principis-rupprechtii forest ecosystem were more sensitive to environmental factors, compared with the P. tabulaeformis forest ecosystem. Further, the RECO of the L. principis-rupprechtii forest ecosystem was more sensitive to temperature changes, which implies that the L. principis-rupprechtii forest ecosystem will release more CO2 than the P. tabulaeformis forest ecosystem with a warming climate. Therefore, the P. tabulaeformis forest ecosystem may have better carbon sequestration potential. These results are important for understanding the effects of climate change on the CO2 and H2O cycles in coniferous plantation ecosystems in drylands. Full article
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