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DocumentEvaluation of carbon stocks of domestic wood products to improve carbon sinks in the forest sector
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
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No results found.Harvested Wood Products (HWP) is recognized as a carbon pool in the forest sector, along with biomass, dead wood, litter and soil. There was a debate about which country should include carbon stocks in imported or exported HWP. At the 17th Conference of the Parties in Durban (COP17) in 2011, domestic harvested wood products were accepted as accounted carbon pools and thus have to be reported by all Parties included in Annex I. Although the HWP carbon calculation method related to this has been suggested since the IPCC 2006 guidelines, it could not be calculated due to the lack of HWP statistics data in Korea.
In this study, to estimate the carbon stock and the annual stock changes for each of the HWP categories. Input data on the production of wood products used in the model to estimate carbon emissions and removals from HWP in Korea were acquired from database of the 'Wood utilization survey report' and 'Statistical yearbook of Forestry' in Korea Forest Service. In particular, statistic data on production of sawnwood, wood-based panels and paper and paperboard were obtained for the period 1989–2019. It used the first order decay function with default half-lives of 35, 25 and two years, respectively. For the conversion of wood volume or weight into carbon the default conversion factors and half-lives provided by IPCC guideline. As a result of the calculation, it was estimated that about 0.7 million tCO2 was stored according to the use of domestic wood products in 2019. It is expected that it will be possible to quantify the carbon storage effect of HWP and to activate the use of wood products. Indeed, it could change if life expectancy of HWPs improves into the future. Furthermore, additional mitigation potential may be achieved when substituting emissions-intensive materials. Keywords: Sustainable forest management, Climate change, Value chain ID: 3619351 -
DocumentProduction trend of domestic wood pellet by changes to policy of wood pellet industry
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Korea Wood Pellet Industry started as a public offering business for wood pellet manufacturing facilities by the Korea Forest Service in 2008, and it has been developed in accordance with forest policies such as the supply of wood pellet boilers and the increase in the weight for REC (Renewable Energy Certificates) of ‘Unused Forest Biomass’. Accordingly, we researched into the production trend of domestic wood pellet by changes to policy of wood pellet industry to examine this industry and draw any important implications.
The production of domestic wood pellet had increased from 8,527 tons in 2009 to 67,446 tons in 2017 as a source of heat energy. This is attributed to the increased demand for home use of wood pellets by the supply of wood pellet boiler from the Korea Forest Service.
The production of domestic wood pellet increased to 187,745 tons as a large – scale of manufacturing facilities for wood pellet production were established along with the increase in the weight for REC(Renewable Energy Certificates) of ‘Unused Forest Biomass’ in 2018, and the production of 2020 reached 331,202 tons.
At power generation companies, 139,200 tons of domestic wood pellet was used in 2019 and 299,492 tons in 2020 respectively. The 299,492 tons of domestic wood pellet used in 2020 substitutes 181,088 tons of bituminous coal, and the amount of carbon dioxide reduction amounts to 443,248tCO2-eq
As the use of wood pellet for power generation purposes has drastically increased, it is required to develop stable infrastructure for production and establish a transparent distribution network. Keywords: Climate change ID: 3623092 -
DocumentWood industry analysis using Korean standard certification statistic
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Wood have a carbon storage capacity. The increase in wood use reduces carbon emissions and responds to climate change. The result, the development of the wood industry leads to sustainable development. Therefore, the development direction of the wood industry was suggested using the KS certification scheme. Industrialization is based on standardization. The first 43 standards were established in 1962 by the Korea Standards Bureau. Currently, there are about 20,000 Korean Standards (KS). In 1963, Incandescent lamps received the first KS certification. Korea Forestry Promotion Institute is the only KS certification institute in the wood sector. Korea Forestry Promotion Institute was designated as a KS certification institute in 2015. From 2016 to the present, about 200 cases have been certified for 33 items. I have analyzed the wood industry based on the statistics obtained from the KS certification scheme. The First, KS certified auditors audit nonconformities in factory audits. I presented nonconformities as statistics. I analyzed the quality control capabilities of wood companies with these statistics. I think this is a challenge for the Wood Industry to solve. The second, I checked the quantity of products that have received KS certification every year. Changes in demand for KS certified products were confirmed by changing the quantity of KS certified products. Keywords: Monitoring and data collection ID: 3623080
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