Forest Ecosystems, Forest Management and the Global Carbon Cycle

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Introduction....Pages 1-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Introduction....Pages 19-24
The global carbon cycle and the atmospheric record: “The problem definition”....Pages 25-34
Nutrient constraints on carbon storage in forested ecosystems....Pages 35-45
Estimated extent of forested peatlands and their role in the global carbon cycle....Pages 47-58
Sequestration of carbon in the Finnish boreal forest ecosystem managed for timber production....Pages 59-68
Carbon storage and climate change in Swedish forests: a comparison of static and dynamic modelling approaches....Pages 69-78
Climate change and management of insect defoliators in boreal forest ecosystems....Pages 79-87
Some potential carbon budget implications of fire management in the boreal forest....Pages 89-96
WG1 Summary: Natural and anthropogenically-induced variations in terrestrial carbon balance....Pages 97-107
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
Introduction....Pages 111-115
Land-use change and terrestrial carbon: the temporal record....Pages 117-134
Tropical forests and the global carbon cycle: estimating state and change in biomass density....Pages 135-144
Carbon budget of the Russian boreal forests: a systems analysis approach to uncertainty....Pages 145-152
Conflicting objectives while maximising carbon sequestration by forests....Pages 163-172
Retrospective assessment of carbon flows in Canadian boreal forests....Pages 173-182
The carbon pulse resulting from forest dieback related to insect outbreaks: case study of a forest district in the Sudety Mountains (southwest Poland)....Pages 183-189
Carbon budget of temperate zone forests during 1851-2050....Pages 191-198
WG2 Summary: Forests and the global carbon cycle: past, present, and future role....Pages 199-208
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Introduction....Pages 211-216
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Carbon implications of forest management strategies....Pages 217-229
The influence of carbon budget methodology on assessments of the impacts of forest management on the carbon balance....Pages 233-243
Significance of wood products in forest sector carbon balances....Pages 245-256
Plantation forestry-its role as a carbon sink: conclusions from calculations based on New Zealand’s planted forest estate....Pages 257-270
Carbon pools and fluxes in U.S. forest products....Pages 271-278
Effects of forest management, harvesting and wood processing on ecosystem carbon dynamics: a boreal case study....Pages 279-292
WG3 Summary: Evaluating the role of forest management and forest products in the carbon cycle....Pages 293-301
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
Introduction....Pages 305-314
The economics of increased carbon storage through plantations and forest management....Pages 315-326
Costs of forest-sector mitigation options....Pages 327-334
Integrating the socio-economic and physical dimensions of degraded tropical lands in global climate change mitigation assessments....Pages 335-348
Socio-economic factors in the management of tropical forests for carbon....Pages 349-361
Economic aspects of carbon sequestration—some findings from Norway....Pages 363-374
People and forests in Canada: fitting carbon into a perplexing future....Pages 375-386
Forests and global carbon management: a policy perspective....Pages 387-400
WG4 Summary: Human dimensions of the forest-carbon issue....Pages 401-412
Front Matter....Pages 413-413
Summary....Pages 415-425
Epilogue: Forests and the human habitat: the case for building a global consensus....Pages 427-434
Back Matter....Pages 435-452