Figure TS.6: Carbon balance
from a hypothetical forest management project.
Note: The figure shows cumulative carbon-stock changes for a scenario involving
afforestation and harvest for a mix of traditional forest products with some of
the harvest being used as a fuel. Values are illustrative of what might be observed
in the southeastern USA or Central Europe. Regrowth restores carbon to the forest
and the (hypothetical) forest stand is harvested every 40 years, with some litter
left on the ground to decay, and products accumulate or are disposed of in landfills.
These are net changes in that, for example, the diagram shows savings in fossil
fuel emissions with respect to an alternative scenario that uses fossil fuels
and alternative, more energy-intensive products to provide the same services.
