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Effects on Carbon Storage of Conversion of Old-Growth Forests to Young Forests
Abstract
Simulations of carbon storage suggest that conversion of old-growth forests to young fast-growing forests will not decrease atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in general, as has been suggested recently. During simulated timber harvest, on-site carbon storage is reduced considerably and does not approach old-growth storage capacity for at least 200 years. Even when sequestration of carbon in wooden buildings is included in the models, timber harvest results in a net flux of CO 2 to the atmosphere. To offset this effect, the production of lumber and other long-term wood products, as well as the life-span of buildings, would have to increase markedly. Mass balance calculations indicate that the conversion of 5 × 10 6 hectares of old-growth forests to younger plantations in western Oregon and Washington in the last 100 years has added 1.5 × 10 9 to 1.8 × 10 9 megagrams of carbon to the atmosphere.
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- Harmon, M. E., Ferrell, W. K., & Franklin, J. F.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 1990-02-09
- Volume
- 247
- Issue
- 4943
- Pages
- 699-702
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2061936519
- Cited by
- 819
- References
- 16
- FWCI
- 48.02
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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