Managing Forest Carbon in a Changing Climate

Dordrecht

2011

X, 414 S.

Ill., graf. Darst.

Monographie

978-94-0072231-6(falsch)

16911

177885

The goal of this book is to provide guidance for students, land managers and policymakers seeking to understand the complex science and policy of forest carbon as it relates to tangible problems of forest management and the more abstract problems of addressing drivers of deforestation and negotiating policy frameworks for reducing CO 2 emissions from forests. It is the culmination of three graduate seminars at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies focused on carbon sequestration in forest ecosystems and their role in addressing climate change. The seminars, part of the professional masters degree curriculum, took place in 2008 and 2009. They were co-sponsored by the Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry, the Center for Industrial Ecology, and the Center for Business and Environment at Yale. The seminars were led by Professor Mark Ashton along with Professors Bradford Gentry, Thomas Graedel, Xuhui Lee, Reid Lifset, Deborah Spalding and Mary Tyrrell.Lauren Goers, Mark S. Ashton, and Mary Tyrrell; The Science of Forest Carbon ; Characterizing Organic Carbon Stocks and Flows in Forest Soils ; Samuel P. Price, Mark A. Bradford, and Mark S. Ashton; The Physiological Ecology of Carbon Science in Forest Stands ; Kristofer R. Covey, Joseph Orefi ce, and Xuhui Lee; Carbon Dynamics of Tropical Forests ; Kyle Meister, Mark S. Ashton, Dylan Craven, Heather Griscom; Carbon Dynamics in the Temperate Forest ; Mary L. Tyrrell, Jeffrey Ross, and Matthew Kelty; Carbon Dynamics in the Boreal Forest ; Brian Milakovsky, Brent Frey, and Thomas James Part II Measuring Carbon in Forests; Measuring Carbon in Forests ; Xin Zhang, Yong Zhao, Mark S. Ashton, and Xuhui Lee; The Role of Forests in Global Carbon Budgeting ; Deborah Spalding, Elif Kendirli, and Chadwick Dearing Oliver; The Management of Carbon in Forests and Forest Products; Managing Carbon Sequestration in Tropical Forests ; Cecilia Del Cid-Liccardi, Tim Kramer, Mark S. Ashton, and Bronson GriscomManaging Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Temperate and Boreal Forests ; Matthew Carroll, Brian Milakovsky, Alex Finkral, Alexander Evans, and Mark S. Ashton; Managing Afforestation and Reforestation for Carbon Sequestration: Considerations for Land Managers and Policy Makers ; Thomas Hodgman, Jacob Munger, Jefferson S. Hall, Mark S. Ashton; Role of Forest Products in the Global Carbon Cycle: From the Forest to Final Disposal ; Christopher Larson, Jeffrey Chatellier, Reid Lifset, Thomas Graedel; Socioeconomic and Policy Considerations for Carbon Management in Forests; Large and Intact Forests: Drivers and Inhibitors of Deforestation and Forest Degradation ; Benjamin Blom, Ian Cummins, and Mark S. Ashton; Economic Drivers of Tropical Deforestation for Agriculture ; Lauren Goers, Janet Lawson, and Eva Garen; The Economic Drivers of Forest Land Use and the Role of Markets in the United States ; Lisa Henke, Caitlin O’Brady, Deborah Spalding, Mary L. Tyrrell; United States Legislative Proposals on Forest Carbon ; Jaime Carlson, Ramon Olivas, Bradford Gentry, Anton Chiono; REDD+ Policy Options: Including Forests in an International Climate Change Agreement ; Eliot Logan-Hines, Lauren Goers, Mark Evidente, Benjamin Cashore; Synthesis and Conclusions ; Mary L. Tyrrell, Mark S. Ashton, Deborah Spalding, Bradford GentryLife sciences ; Endangered ecosystems ; Forests and forestry ; Climatic changes ; Environmental management ; Sustainable developmentWaldökosystem ; Kohlenstoffkreislauf ; Forstwirtschaft ; Klimaschutz ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Carbon sequestration. ; Forest management--Environmental aspects. Forstwirtschaft - Naturschutz