Carbon sequestration and environmental effects of afforestation with Pinus radiata D. Don in the Western Cape, South Africa

J.F. Garcia-Quijano, J. Peters, L. Cockx, G. van Wyk, A. Rosanov, G. Deckmyn, R. Ceulemans, S.M. Ward, N.M. Holden, J. van Orshoven, B. Muys

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    Abstract

    A three-step methodology to assess the carbon sequestration and the environmental impact of afforestation projects in the framework of the Flexible Mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol (Joint Implementation and Clean Development Mechanism) was developed and tested using a dataset collected from the Jonkershoek forest plantation, Western Cape, South Africa, which was established with Pinus radiata in former native fynbos vegetation and indigenous forest. The impact of a change in land use was evaluated for a multifunctional, a production and a non-conversion scenario. First, the carbon balance was modelled with GORCAM and was expressed as (1) C sequestration in tC ha
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)323-355
    JournalClimatic Change
    Volume83
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2007

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