Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The effect and the expense of extending forest rotations for additional carbon storage is investigated. The expenses are clarified in terms of opportunity costs, using methods of financial accounting. The annual compensation needed to finance additional carbon storage can be computed unambiguously. Short extensions are inexpensive, but the unit expenses drastically increase with longer extensions. Including carbon storage in products reduces the unit carbon storage expense at short rotation extensions but increases the expense at long extensions. The unit expense of carbon storage is of magnitude as in boreal forestry, being much less than in tropical cultivations.
Source: Frontiers in Climate
Author: Petri P. Kärenlampi
Language: English
Topic: Forest Management and Policy
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,077
Funder: Niemi-säätiö
OpenAlex ID: W7160756406