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ArticleFlow analysis of industrial wood to determine cumulative changes in carbon stocks in wood products
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Carbon storage in harvested wood products (HWP) is an internationally recognised measure to mitigate climate change. However, due to lack of reliable and transparent data on production and trade of HWP, carbon accounting in HWP is complicated. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change provides guidelines for reporting countries on how to estimate carbon stocks and their changes in HWP with the use of default or country-specific data as well as accounting methods so that countries can choose an accounting method depending on data availability.The main goal of this work is to analyze the flow of industrial wood in Lithuania and to determine the carbon stocks and their quantitative changes in wood products. We estimated carbon storage in HWP by applying different methods and compared the results. The estimates for Lithuania showed that carbon stock in HWP differs significantly when different methods are applied. The annual carbon inflow and the annual change in carbon stocks are significantly higher (92%) when the analysis of wood flow was used to the accounting of these indicators, compared with statistics data on the production of wood products. This difference was due to the classification of domestically produced raw timber and generated wood waste into country-specific categories of industrial wood products. The increase in the change in carbon stocks was also due to the adjustment of country-specific half-lives. Keywords: Carbon storage, Harvested wood product, Climate change ID:3486859 -
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 -
DocumentInterplay of forest management and human well-being, and the role of certification standards for management and research
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Forest management, management plans and work plan strategies, and the way the plans are developed and implemented influence human health and well-being in various direct and indirect respects.
Directly affected stakeholders are those conducting the forest work, and vice versa they do have a direct effect on the quality of the forest management interventions, and to a certain extent on the health of the ecosystem. Their physical and mental wellbeing depends on various factors influenced by the management. Physical health has synergies with work motivation and mental wellbeing, which is influenced e.g. by relations with supervisors and colleagues (respect and equity versus harassment and discrimination), direct and indirect income, and job security.
Forest management also has an influence on the quality of recreational and other ecosystem services of the managed forest and surrounding landscape. Regulation of access to such services, in engagement with neighboring and other interested, more indirectly affected stakeholders is to be considered in forest management planning.
Standards for certification, such as national forest stewardship standards, provide references and give guidance, including for forest management planning and for certain aspects of social management, to be followed by certified forestry operations.
On the example of tropical forests, based on literature, we provide an overview about synergies of forest management and human well-being, how far certification standards can address these issues (comparison of standards), and where gaps remain. We show how accessible data from certification (analysis of public reports) can be used to inform research, and how research can inform the development of forest stewardship standards. Keywords: Human health and well-being, Monitoring and data collection, Gender, Social protection, Sustainable forest management ID: 3487002
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