Comments on: Forest Management vs. Carbon Sequestration http://www.sciencenewsreview.com/forest-management-vs-carbon-sequestration/ A fun look at science news Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:24:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: D http://www.sciencenewsreview.com/forest-management-vs-carbon-sequestration/comment-page-1/#comment-1087 D Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:57:44 +0000 http://www.sciencenewsreview.com/?p=157#comment-1087 Forest fires release carbon that had been previously sequestered in forests. As a result, forest fire prevention enhances carbon sequestration. It does not negate it! Forest fires release carbon that had been previously sequestered in forests. As a result, forest fire prevention enhances carbon sequestration. It does not negate it!

]]> By: Doug http://www.sciencenewsreview.com/forest-management-vs-carbon-sequestration/comment-page-1/#comment-1055 Doug Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:58:21 +0000 http://www.sciencenewsreview.com/?p=157#comment-1055 There is a lot of hype about thinning forest to fire hazard, but it is very important for forest managers to recognize this trade-off between thinning which may enhance climate adaptation/resilience, while in most cases also reduce carbon storage and climate mitigation. We might increase ecosystem resilience at the local scale, while threatening the climate at the global scale. Here is a slide show clarifying many misconceptions about forests, logging, and carbon: http://www.slideshare.net/dougoh/forest-carbon-climate-myths-presentation/ And here is a more detailed foot-noted report on forests, carbon and climate change: http://tinyurl.com/2n96m5 There is a lot of hype about thinning forest to fire hazard, but it is very important for forest managers to recognize this trade-off between thinning which may enhance climate adaptation/resilience, while in most cases also reduce carbon storage and climate mitigation. We might increase ecosystem resilience at the local scale, while threatening the climate at the global scale.

Here is a slide show clarifying many misconceptions about forests, logging, and carbon:
http://www.slideshare.net/dougoh/forest-carbon-climate-myths-presentation/

And here is a more detailed foot-noted report on forests, carbon and climate change:
http://tinyurl.com/2n96m5

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