Including soil alters the optimization of forestry with carbon sinks

An Optimization Model of Carbon Sinks in CDM Forestry Projects Based on Interval Linear Programming

This study describes the first general optimization model for complex systems with uncertain parameters and decision variables represented as intervals in CDM forestry projects. We work through a specific example of the optimization method developed for a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) forestry project in Inner Mongolia, China. This model is designed to optimize the carbon sink capacity of t...

The Economics of Including Carbon Sinks in Climate Change Policy

After the inclusion of carbon sinks in the Kyoto Protocol, greenhouse gas mitigation policies account for abatement measurements in both the energy and forestry sectors. This report deals with the development of a methodology for estimating cost-curves of carbon sequestration from afforestation activities and its combination with existing cost-curves of carbon abatement in the energy sector, wi...

Soil Carbon Effects, of Producing Agriculture and Forestry Feedstocks

Elevated carbon dioxide alters the structure of soil microbial communities.

Pyrosequencing analysis of 16S rRNA genes was used to examine impacts of elevated CO(2) (eCO(2)) on soil microbial communities from 12 replicates each from ambient CO(2) (aCO(2)) and eCO(2) settings. The results suggest that the soil microbial community composition and structure significantly altered under conditions of eCO(2), which was closely associated with soil and plant properties.

The Economics of Including Carbon Sinks in Climate Change Policy- Evaluating the carbon supply curve through afforestation in Latin America