Carbon sequestration in British Columbia's forests and management options

Download or read book Carbon sequestration in British Columbia's forests and management options written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We first describe the extent of forest C stocks and C sequestration rates, and how they are affected by climate change and natural and human-induced disturbances. [...] FOrESt C StOragE and ItS ChangE While the magnitude of forest C stocks is twice that of C in the atmosphere, C fluxes out of and into the forest C pool are much smaller. [...] Periodic insect and disease infestations have always been part of the natural cycles of growth, self-thinning, death, and rejuvenation of forest stands in BC, especially in the interior. [...] This emphasizes the importance of maintaining and increasing the protected areas of old-growth forests on the central and northern coast. [...] With the MPB affecting BC's central interior, the BC Ministry of Forests and Range policies seek to increase the productivity of second-growth coastal forests through N fertilization in order to maintain employment in the forest products sector and provide the potential benefit of reducing GHG emissions through increased C sequestration (BCMFR, 2007).