An economic approach to planting trees for carbon storage

Peter J. Parks Department of Agricultural Economics and Marketing, Cook College, Rutgers University, Post Office Box231, New Brunswick, NJ, 08903–0231, U.S.A.

David O. Hall King's College, University of London, London, U.K.

Bengt Kriström Faculty of Forestry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden

Omar R. Masera Centro de Ecologia, National University of Mexico, Michoacan, Mexico

Robert J. Moulton U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Washington, DC, U.S.A.

Andrew J. Plantinga Department of Resource Economics and Policy, University of Maine, Orono, ME, U.S.A.

Joel N. Swisher UNEP Collaborating Centre, Rise National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark

Jack K. Winjum National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, NCASI/USEPA, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.

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Abstract

Methods are described for evaluating economic and carbon storage aspects of tree planting projects (e.g., plantations for restoration, roundwood, bioenergy, and nonwood products). Total carbon (C) stock is dynamic and comprises C in vegetation, decomposing matter, soil, products, and fuel substituted. An alternative (reference) case is essential for project evaluation.

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