Carbon Dioxide Mitigation In Forestry And Wood Industry Book

Ch. 1	Forest Resources: Past, Present and Future Role of Managed and Unmanaged Forests in the Global Carbon Balance	1
1.1	Historic Role of Forests in the Global Carbon Cycle	1
1.2	The History and Future Dynamics of Carbon Sequestration in Finland's Forest Sector	25
1.3	Dynamics of Forest Resources of the Former Soviet Union with Respect to the Carbon Budget	43
1.4	Past and Possible Future Carbon Dynamics of Canada's Boreal Forest Ecosystems	63
1.5	Assessment of Humid Tropical Forest Distribution and Conditions Using Remote Sensing at a Global Scale	89
Ch. 2	Implementation of Carbon Dioxide Mitigation Measures in Forestry and Wood Industry on a National and International Scale	111
2.1	Analysis and Potential for Mitigation Options	111
2.2	Carbon Mitigation Potential of German Forestry Considering Competing Forms of Land Use	125
2.3	Present and Future Options of Forests and Forestry for CO[subscript 2]-Mitigation in Germany	137
2.4	Afforestation in Europe: Experiences and Future Possibilities	153
2.5	Implementing Carbon Mitigation Measures in the Forestry Sector - a Review	167
Ch. 3	Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation of Carbon Dioxide Mitigation in Forestry and Wood Industry	185
3.1	World Forests: The Area for Afforestation and their Potential for Fossil Carbon Sequestration and Substitution	185
3.2	Substitution of Wood from Plantation Forestry for Wood from Deforestation: Modelling the Effects on Carbon Storage	205
3.3	Life Cycle Assessment of Wood Products	219
3.4	The Face Foundation	249
3.5	Climate Stabilisation and Conservation of Biodiversity - Two Goals - One Way?	257
Ch. 4	Forestry Mitigation Options under Future Climate Change and Socioeconomic Pressures	269
4.1	Future Development of the Carbon Cycle: The Role of the Biota/Forests within the IPCC Stabilisation Scenarios	269
4.2	The Frankfurt Biosphere Model (FBM): Regional Validation Using German Forest Yield Tables and Inventory Data and Extrapolation to a 2xCO[subscript 2] Climate	293
4.3	The Direct Effect of CO[subscript 2] Enrichment on the Growth of Trees and Forests	323
4.4	Ecosystem Properties and the Continued Operation of the Terrestrial Carbon Sink	341
4.5	The Distribution of Future Global Forests as Affected by Changing Climate and Land Use	353