Climate change mitigation through forest sector activities: principles, potential and priorities.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Kurz, W. A.; Smyth, C.; Lemprière, T.
- Source
- Unasylva; 2016, Vol. 67 Issue 246, p61-67, 7p
- Subject
- CLIMATE change
FOREST management
CARBON
WOOD products
GREENHOUSE gas mitigation
GREENHOUSE gases
- Language
- ISSN
- 00416436
The article focuses on principles and priorities concerning the mitigation of climate change through forest sector activites.Topics discussed include importance of forest management, maintaining carbon stocks, increasing carbon retention in Harvested Wood Products (HWPs) and key principles of forest carbon accounting for mitigation such as changes in greenhouse gas balance, to estimate emissions and quantify changes from fossil fuels.