Bridging the Gap between the Estimates of Forest Management Emissions from the National GHG Inventories and Integrated Assessment Models via Model–Data Fusion

Current criteria to define managed forests are inconsistent among countries’ reports of GHG emissions to UNFCCC. Integrated assessment models used for assessing countries’ mitigation pathways employ a proxy for managed forests that differ from the countries’ criteria. This is one of the reasons for...

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Published in:Environmental Sciences Proceedings 2021-08, Vol.13 (1), p.23
Main Authors: Mykola Gusti, Andrey Lessa Derci Augustynczik, Fulvio Di Fulvio, Pekka Lauri, Nicklas Forsell
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
forest management emissions
forest model
GHG inventory
managed forest map
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Summary:Current criteria to define managed forests are inconsistent among countries’ reports of GHG emissions to UNFCCC. Integrated assessment models used for assessing countries’ mitigation pathways employ a proxy for managed forests that differ from the countries’ criteria. This is one of the reasons for the gap of 5.5 GtCO2 year−1 between the modelled and reported global land-use GHG emissions. Using multiple data, we developed a map of managed forests (0.5 × 0.5 deg), consistent with official GHG inventories. We applied the map in the G4M model for masking a managed forest area and estimating the GHG emissions from that area.
ISSN:2673-4931
DOI:10.3390/IECF2021-10795