Some issues in implementing forest carbon sink projects to realize carbon emission reduction for climate change mitigation

IF 1.3 4区农林科学 Q2 MATERIALS SCIENCE, PAPER & WOOD

Bioresources Pub Date : 2023-11-02 DOI:10.15376/biores.19.1.1-3

Shengrong Zhang, Qi Zhang, Shengdong Zhu

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Abstract

The global climate warming caused by greenhouse gases poses a great threat to human living and biological ecosystems. To mitigate climate change, many measures have been taken to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Among them, the forest carbon sink (FCS) is considered as one of the most economical and effective carbon sequestration methods to realize carbon emission reductions in next 30 to 50 years. FCS projects are being implemented in many countries to increase their carbon sequestration and thereby to realize carbon emission reductions. However, there are some issues associated with implementation with such policies. Firstly, these projects mainly have focused only on carbon sequestration and have ignored the comprehensive ecological effects to obtain their best economical benefits. Secondly, implementing these projects fails to establish a sustainable and healthy forest industry because they place too much reliance on preferential policies from governments. Finally, the projects lack systematic technological standards and legislation to guarantee their smooth implementation. This editorial briefly discusses these issues for the suitable implementation of the FCS projects.

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实施森林碳汇项目实现碳减排减缓气候变化的若干问题

温室气体引起的全球气候变暖对人类生存和生物生态系统构成了巨大威胁。为了减缓气候变化，已经采取了许多措施来减少二氧化碳的排放。其中，森林碳汇(forest carbon sink, FCS)被认为是实现未来30 ~ 50年碳减排的最经济有效的固碳方法之一。许多国家正在实施碳汇项目，以增加其碳固存，从而实现减少碳排放。但是，与这些策略的实现相关的一些问题。首先，这些项目主要只关注固碳，而忽略了综合生态效应，以获得最佳的经济效益。其次，这些项目的实施过于依赖政府的优惠政策，未能建立可持续健康的森林产业。最后，这些项目缺乏系统的技术标准和立法来保证其顺利实施。这篇社论简要讨论了这些问题，以便适当地实施FCS项目。

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Bioresources 工程技术-材料科学：纸与木材

CiteScore

2.90

自引率

13.30%

发文量

397

审稿时长

2.3 months

期刊介绍： The purpose of BioResources is to promote scientific discourse and to foster scientific developments related to sustainable manufacture involving lignocellulosic or woody biomass resources, including wood and agricultural residues. BioResources will focus on advances in science and technology. Emphasis will be placed on bioproducts, bioenergy, papermaking technology, wood products, new manufacturing materials, composite structures, and chemicals derived from lignocellulosic biomass.