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http://dx.doi.org/10.14578/jkfs.2014.103.4.593

A Practical Application and Development of Carbon Emission Factors for 4 Major Species of Warm Temperate Forest in Korea  

Son, Yeong Mo (Center for Forest & Climate Change, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Kim, Rae Hyun (Center for Forest & Climate Change, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Kang, Jin Taek (Center for Forest & Climate Change, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Lee, Kwang Su (Southern Forest Resource Research Center, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Kim, So Won (Center for Forest & Climate Change, Korea Forest Research Institute)
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Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science / v.103, no.4, 2014 , pp. 593-598 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, we developed the carbon emission factors for 4 major species of warm-temperate region in Korea, and tried to provide their carbon emissions and removals estimates using these carbon emission factors. We selected Castanopsis cuspidata, Camellia japonica, Quercus acuta and Quercus glauca as target species and derived their carbon emission factors. The basic wood density that serve as one of the carbon emission factors were 0.583 for Castanopsis cuspidata, 0.657 for Camellia japonica, 0.833 for Quercus acuta and 0.763 for Quercus glauca and their uncertainties ranged from 5.3 to 17.9%. Biomass expansion factors were calculated as well: 1.386 for Castanopsis cuspidata, 2.621 for Camellia japonica, 1.701 for Quercus acuta and 2.123 for Quercus glauca and associated uncertainties varied from 14.7 to 30.5%. Lastly root-shoot ratios for each species were also determined: 0.454 for Castanopsis cuspidata, 0.356 for Camellia japonica, 0.191 for Quercus acuta and 0.299 for Quercus glauca with the uncertainties lying within a range from 19.8 to 35.7%. These three carbon emission factors including basic wood density had the uncertainties of less than 40% recommended by FAO. Therefore the application of country-specific emission factors seemed to provide quite accurate estimates of carbon emissions and removals. The estimation of the carbon stored in the 4 species were also conducted which amounted to $186.10tCO_2/ha$ for Castanopsis cuspidata, $280.63tCO_2/ha$ for Camellia japonica, $344.04tCO_2/ha$ for Quercus acuta and $278.91tCO_2/ha$ for Quercus glauca and their annual carbon removals were $6.65tCO_2/ha/yr$, $6.25tCO_2/ha/yr$, $11.70tCO_2/ha/yr$ and $12.29tCO_2/ha/yr$, respectively. This systematic assessment of forest resources can be a reliable source of information for managing evergreen broadleaved forest in warm temperate regions and thus serve as useful data for effective decision-making to address vegetation zone shifts due to climate change.
Keywords
4 major species; annual carbon removals; carbon emission factors; uncertainties; warm-temperate region;
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