Review of existing methods for carbon accounting
Forests are sources of biomass that can be used to create forest-based bioenergy, whether directly by establishing energy plantations on non-forestland, by using existing forest resources or by using residues from harvesting for nonbioenergy purposes. If created in a sustainable manner, this bioener...
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| author | Bird, D.N. Pena, N. Schwaiger, H. Zanchi, G. |
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| description | Forests are sources of biomass that can be used to create forest-based bioenergy, whether directly by establishing energy plantations on non-forestland, by using existing forest resources or by using residues from harvesting for nonbioenergy purposes. If created in a sustainable manner, this bioenergy can have significant positive greenhouse gas benefits. However, past experience provides strong reason to believe that significant bioenergy development will come at the expense of natural forests, either through direct conversion of forests to non-forestland or through indirect competition between land uses. Bioenergy development may increase the demand for agricultural land, which may be sourced from tropical forests. In this case, the net carbon balance would be highly negative. This paper first reviews existing methods for carbon accounting for forest-based bioenergy development.The review examines methodologies from: 1. the IPCC Good Practice Guidance for Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (GPGLULUCF) and the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (2006 IPCC Guidelines); and 2. Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU Renewable Energy Directive). |
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| spelling | CGSpace206222025-01-24T14:12:43Z Review of existing methods for carbon accounting Bird, D.N. Pena, N. Schwaiger, H. Zanchi, G. biomass sustainability carbon accounting Forests are sources of biomass that can be used to create forest-based bioenergy, whether directly by establishing energy plantations on non-forestland, by using existing forest resources or by using residues from harvesting for nonbioenergy purposes. If created in a sustainable manner, this bioenergy can have significant positive greenhouse gas benefits. However, past experience provides strong reason to believe that significant bioenergy development will come at the expense of natural forests, either through direct conversion of forests to non-forestland or through indirect competition between land uses. Bioenergy development may increase the demand for agricultural land, which may be sourced from tropical forests. In this case, the net carbon balance would be highly negative. This paper first reviews existing methods for carbon accounting for forest-based bioenergy development.The review examines methodologies from: 1. the IPCC Good Practice Guidance for Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (GPGLULUCF) and the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (2006 IPCC Guidelines); and 2. Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU Renewable Energy Directive). 2010 2012-06-04T09:15:01Z 2012-06-04T09:15:01Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20622 en Open Access Center for International Forestry Research Bird, D.N., Pena, N., Schwaiger, H., Zanchi, G. 2010. Review of existing methods for carbon accounting . CIFOR Occasional Paper No.54. Bogor, Indonesia, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). 50p. ISBN: 978-602-8693-27-1.. |
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