Download or read book The Effects of Forest Management on Carbon Storage in Ontario s Forests written by Stephen John Colombo and published by Sault Ste. Marie : Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Applied Research and Development. This book was released on 2005 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report examines how forest management can affect the carbon (C) balance of Ontario's forests. Ten forest management activities organized in four themes were examined: stand establishment (site preparation, planting, and vegetation management), growth enhancement (thinning, fertilization, and genetic improvement), forest protection (from forest fires, and insect and disease infestations), and harvesting (controlling the area occupied by roads, skid trails and landings, and reducing the area disturbed by harvesting)."--Document.
Download or read book The Effects of Forest Management on Carbon Storage in Ontario s Forests written by Stephen John Colombo and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acknowledgements -- Resume -- 1. Introduction -- Forest Management, Climatic Change, and the Kyoto Protocol -- Ontario's Forest Resources -- Why Practice More Intensive Forest Management? -- Managing the Forest Carbon Cycle to Increase Sequestration -- Ontario's Forest Carbon Budget -- Estimating the Effects of Management on Carbon in Ontario Forests -- 2. Stand Establishment -- Site Preparation -- Planting Versus Natural Regeneration -- Vegetation Management -- 3. Growth-Enhancing Forest Management Practices -- Genetic Improvement -- Stand Density Management -- Fertilization -- 4. Forest Protection -- Forest Fire -- Tree Diseases and Insect Pests -- 5. Harvesting and Related Practices -- Roads, Skid Trails, and Landings -- Forest Disturbance by Harvesting -- 6. The Potential Contributions of Forest Management to Carbon Storage in Ontario's Forests: A Summary -- 7. Conclusions and Future Directions -- Literature Cited.
Download or read book The Impacts of Climate Change on Ontario s Forests written by Stephen J. Colombo and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews literature concerning the effects of global climate change on forest plants and communities, and provides opinions on the potential impacts that climate change may have on Ontario forests. Sections of the review discuss the following: the climate of Ontario in the 21st century as predicted by climate models; forest hydrology in relation to climate change; insects and climate change; impacts on fungi in the forest ecosystem; impacts on forest fires and their management; plant physiological responses; genetic implications of climate change; forest vegetation dynamics; the use of models in global climate change studies; and forest management responses to climate change.
Download or read book Carbon Storage in Ontario s Forests 2000 2100 written by Stephen J. Colombo and published by . This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the greatest challenges society is facing is rapid climate change resulting from the addition of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, mostly in the form of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the burning of fossil fuels. ... In addition to many other societal benefits, forests store large amounts of carbon (C). As a result, it is important to understand how forest management and natural processes affect forest C storage. Such knowledge can be used to manage forests so that they function as carbon sinks and help reduce greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. ... The amounts of C stored in Ontario's forests and wood products, the duration of storage, and the potential for increased storage through silviculture is important to the global C cycle. These can be predicted using computer models that convert information on the state of the forest (its age and species composition) into values of C in all the live and dead organic matter pools in which it occurs. This report uses data about Ontario's forest structure and information from the forest management planning process and past harvests to describe C in forests and wood products today and through to the end of this century."--Document.
Download or read book Ontario s Forests and Forestry in a Changing Climate written by Stephen John Colombo and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report updates a review of literature about the effects of global climate change on forest plants and communities published in 1998. The focus is on changes in Ontario predicted for forest fires, insect outbreaks, disease, forest growth, species composition, harvest rates, wood supply, genetics and regeneration, and carbon-based forest management.--Includes text from document.
Download or read book An Annotated Bibliography of Scientific Literature on Managing Forests for Carbon Benefits written by Sarah J. Hines and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Large scale Forest Carbon Project written by Joseph Boivin and published by Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. : Ontario Forest Research Institute. This book was released on 2005 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Forest carbon and how it changes over time provides an indicator of the sustainability of forest management. It is also a sign of sequestration or emission of carbon dioxide between forests and the atmosphere that can affect the mitigation of atmospheric greenhouse gas accumulation and global climate change. To address the need for information on Ontario's forest carbon budget, a large-scale forest carbon modelling project was initiated. The background and objectives of this project are described in this report. Three complementary approaches are being used to estimate large-scale forest carbon storage in Ontario's forests: (1) the Carbon Budget Model of the Canadian Forest Sector (CBMCFS), (2) a modified version of FORCARB, which is the model developed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service to estimate carbon in U.S. forests, and (3) direct estimation of forest biomass carbon using Ontario's growth and yield and forest resources inventory data (CAM, the Carbon Allometry Method)."--Docment.
Download or read book Climate Change Carbon and Forestry in Northwestern North America written by David Lawrence Peterson and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interactions between forests, climatic change and the Earths carbon cycle are complex and represent a challenge for forest managers they are integral to the sustainable management of forests. In this volume, a number of papers are presented that describe some of the complex relationships between climate, the global carbon cycle and forests. Research has demonstrated that these are closely connected, such that changes in one have an influence not only on the other two, but also on their linkages. Climatic change represents a considerable threat to forest management in the current static paradigm. However, carbon sequestration issues offer opportunities for new techniques and strategies, and those able to adapt their management to this changing situation are likely to benefit. Such changes are already underway in countries such as Australia and Costa Rica, but it will probably take much longer for the forestry sector in the Pacific Northwest region of North America (encompassing Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, British Columbia and Alaska) to change their current practices.
Download or read book Carbon Budget Accounting at the Forest Management Unit Level written by Martin Von Mirbach and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report has been prepared in response to an identified need to provide guidance to forest managers seeking to report on a carbon budget at the scale of the forest management unit. Key concepts, tasks, and methods related to carbon budgeting are first reviewed, and a few points gleaned from research carried out in Canadian model forests are summarized. Carbon budgeting is then explained with reference to three distinct tasks: obtaining a baseline measurement of the amount of carbon in a particular forest at a given time; measuring the change to that stock over time; and evaluating the likely impact of various management activities on future changes to the carbon budget. Information needed in order to apply these steps is given, with a focus on how to use existing inventories to record carbon stocks & fluxes. The report concludes with a listing of some activities that could help to store carbon in forests.
Download or read book Carbon Management in British Columbia s Forests written by Mike Greig and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In most ecosystems, the majority of the carbon is stored below ground as roots and decaying biomass or as organic carbon in the soil. [...] In both the forest and non-forest environment, when we measure the total carbon content we are measuring what is referred to as the "carbon stock." The carbon stored in forests is sequestered from the atmosphere through photosynthesis (the conversion of atmospheric CO2 into plant material using energy from the sun, releasing oxygen in the process) (Figure 1). [...] In some cases, acts of fire suppression and protection against insects lead to reductions in the affected areas and help maintain the level of carbon stored; however, uncertainty surrounds our ability to reduce the impacts of fire and insects on carbon over the long term or over large landscapes (see Section 2.2.1 below). [...] The Canadian Forest Service recently pointed out the important roles of forests and sustainable forest management in the global climate system: "forests play two important roles in the global climate system: first, they remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it in trees, litter and soil carbon, and second, they provide timber, fibre and energy to meet human demands. [...] In the February 2008 Speech from the Throne, the Premier outlined the following new or existing measures to reduce the province's carbon footprint: the zero net deforestation goal, the Trees for Tomorrow program, the restocking of all forest land, the Forests for Tomorrow program,2 the Bioenergy Strategy, the Pacific Carbon Trust, and new investments in carbon offset projects that benefit First Na.
Download or read book Towards Sustainable Management of the Boreal Forest written by Philip Joseph Burton and published by NRC Research Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 1056 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a summary of the development in boreal forest management, this book provides a progressive vision for some of the world's northern forests. It includes a selection of chapters based on the research conducted by the Sustainable Forest Management Network across Canada. It includes a number of case histories.
Download or read book Alternative Simulations of Forestry Scenarios Involving Carbon Sequestration Options written by Richard W. Haynes and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Socioeconomic Impacts and Adaptive Responses to Climate Change written by Grant Hauer and published by Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre. This book was released on 2001 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of social science analysis of climate change is to assist policy makers in understanding the expected flows of benefits and costs of policy options over time and to improve our understanding of the human dimensions of the climate change issue. This report deals with socioeconomic criteria for assessment and with the development of methods and approaches for obtaining a better understanding of the socioeconomic impacts and adaptive responses to climate change in Canada's forest sector. Policy makers responding to the climate change issue must deal with many complex issues and unique circumstances. These issues and circumstances also have a bearing on methodologies for undertaking analysis of the future impacts of climate change. Climate change and the effects of climate change on human society spans multiple scales, which leads to the need to consider feedback's and interactions between environmental and human systems, between political systems and between different parts or segments of economies. The implications are that dynamic general or partial equilibrium models integrated with ecosystem response models will be required in order to understand the implications of climate change for land use change, future ecosystem distributions and the supply of timber from Canada's forests. In addition to affecting future timber supply and future commercial forest areas, climate change will influence the benefits Canadians receive from non-market benefits such as outdoor recreation. Currently there is limited analysis of the effects of climate change on non-market values and this area requires more work. Another factor influencing climate change analysis is that the issue spans unusually long time frames for policy analysis and economic analysis. This raises questions about suitable discount rates and accounting for social welfare of future generations. Finally, there is significant uncertainty in long term predictions of climate change and in how the integrated human/biological system will respond over time. Decision analysis, safe minimum standards, precautionary principles and maximin criterion provide some way to incorporate uncertainty into decision making. In terms of integrated assessment models, systematic consideration for the diversity of opinions and results from scientific studies regarding future climate and ecosystems shifts is required.
Download or read book The Impact of Climate Change on America s Forests written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Forests and Global Change Forest management opportunities for mitigating carbon emissions written by R. Neil Sampson and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Climate Change and Canada s Forests written by T. B. Williamson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forest managers can expect the unexpected and they can expect that change will be ongoing and unrelenting. Some general recommendations for beginning to address climate change in Canada's forest sector include enhancing the capacity to undertake integrated assessment of vulnerabilities to climate change at various scales; increasing resources to monitor the impacts of climate change; increasing resources for impacts and adaptation science; reviewing forest policies, forest planning, forest management approaches, and institutions to assess our ability to achieve social objectives under climate change; embedding principles of risk management and adaptive management into forest management; and maintaining or improving the capacity for communicating, networking, and information sharing with the Canadian public and within the forest sector."--Pub. website.
Download or read book Forestry Canada in Ontario written by Canada. Forestry Canada and published by Forestry Canada. This book was released on 1990 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This plan was developed in consultation with clients and staff and is based on the national strategic plan of Forestry Canada. It describes the economic and social changes that impact upon the forestry industry, the challenges to the year 2000 and commitments in forest system research, forest industry competitiveness, environmental impacts research, scientific innovation and communication.
