Balancing Enhanced Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Management with Forest Resilience and Multifunctionality
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecology and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 August 2022) | Viewed by 375
Special Issue Editors
Interests: afforestation; boreal forest; carbon sequestration; atmospheric deposition
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2. Centre d’étude de la forêt, Case postale 8888, succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada
3. Département des Sciences fondamentales, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 555, boulevard de l’Université, Chicoutimi, QC G7H 2B1, Canada
Interests: old-growth forests; disturbance dynamics; forest management; tree-related microhabitats
2. Centre d’étude de la forêt, Case postale 8888, succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada
3. Département des Sciences fondamentales, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 555, boulevard de l’Université, Chicoutimi, QC G7H 2B1, Canada
Interests: plant sciences; wood anatomy; modeling; xylogenesis; tree growth
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Forests are viewed as an important lever for reducing net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on a global scale. The sustainability of forest carbon sequestration is dependent upon the preservation, restoration, and the adequate management of forests—which includes practices that improve tree survival and growth, carbon transfers to the soil, and forest resilience to increasingly frequent disturbances—including extreme climate events, wildfires, and insect outbreaks. Forests can also mitigate climate change by providing long-lived wood products as a replacement for emission-intensive materials. Nonetheless, the rising demand for wood products and bioenergy may intensify pressure on forest systems and impede their multifunctionality, i.e., their ability to provide various ecological, social, and economic services. This apparent conflict raises the question: How can we build and manage forest systems to improve carbon sequestration without compromising their resilience and ability to provide other ecosystem services?
This Special Issue of Forests will include articles focusing on policies, methods, and lato sensu management practices aimed at improving forests’ long-term carbon sequestration while limiting the impact on the services they provide to societies. This includes afforestation and management strategies that ensure the sustainability of forests’ carbon sink in a changing climate and/or reduce GHG emissions spanning the cycle from seedling production to tree harvesting. We will also welcome pieces describing cutting-edge tools and methods (e.g., remote sensing) for quantifying carbon stocks of forests, as well as articles examining the vulnerability vs. resilience of forests’ carbon stocks to disturbances linked to anthropogenic forcing.
Dr. Charles Marty
Dr. Maxence Martin
Dr. Valentina Butto
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- forest carbon
- carbon sequestration
- GHG emissions
- forest management
- forest resilience
- forest multifunctionality
- ecosystem services
- forest restoration
- afforestation
- reforestation
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