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Economics
Aino Assmuth, Janne Ramo, Olli Tahvonen
Summary: This study extends the research on economically optimal carbon storage to mixed-species size-structured stands, using an ecological model and optimization methods to analyze carbon storage and timber revenues. The results show that carbon pricing can increase stand volume, promote tree species diversity, and lower the marginal cost of carbon storage with a higher number of tree species in a stand.
ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Anssi Ahtikoski, Janne Raemoe, Artti Juutinen, Vladimir Shanin, Raisa Maekipaeae
Summary: Mineral soil is more cost-efficient for carbon sequestration compared to peatland. For private forest owners, the cost of an additional ton of CO2 is only 2 euros on mineral soil, while on peatland it ranges from 30 to 39.5 euros. Mineral soil is more sensitive to harvest interval and intensity.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2022)
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Forestry
Vesa-Pekka Parkatti, Olli Tahvonen, Toni Viskari, Jari Liski
Summary: This study integrates carbon net sink and stand-level wood production to optimize them simultaneously as an economic problem. Carbon is found in living trees, wood products, and forest soil. The forestry model used optimizes thinning timing and intensity, rotation period, and the choice between rotation and continuous cover forestry. The inclusion of soil carbon suggests that a higher CO2 price does not necessarily favor continuous cover forestry, contrary to previous results.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
(2023)
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Business
Vesa-Pekka Parkatti, Olli Tahvonen
Summary: The study reveals that traditional forestry affects reindeer pastures, while continuous cover forestry is the optimal choice that better preserves the pastures. The carbon price plays a crucial role in the economic impact on forestry, with a carbon price of 60-100 choking off timber production.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Lingbo Dong, Pete Bettinger, Zhaogang Liu
Summary: This study proposes an effective method to estimate the optimal internal carbon price, using logistic regression of carbon sequestration on carbon price. The results show that the estimated optimal internal carbon prices decrease slightly with increasing discount rates and complexities of planning problems, but increase significantly with increasing time horizons. The economic benefits of net carbon sequestration accounted for a majority of total benefits when estimated optimal internal carbon prices were utilized.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
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Forestry
Nigel A. Straw, David T. Williams, Nick J. Fielding, Martin R. Jukes
Summary: Invertebrate predators of aphids were sampled in both ground level and canopy in Sitka spruce forest stands managed by clear-cutting and replanting, as well as stands managed as continuous cover forestry using shelterwood or group selection systems. The study found that shelterwood and group selection stands had higher abundance and diversity of certain predator species, such as hoverflies, predatory bugs, ladybird beetles, and spiders. However, other predator species, like soldier beetles, lacewings, and harvestmen, were more abundant in mid-rotation and mature even-aged stands.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Matthias Peichl, Eduardo Martinez-Garcia, Johan E. S. Fransson, Jorgen Wallerman, Hjalmar Laudon, Tomas Lundmark, Mats B. Nilsson
Summary: This study investigates the variations of annual net ecosystem production (NEP) in a managed boreal forest landscape in northern Sweden using extensive biometric and chamber-based carbon flux data. The results highlight the role of net primary production in regulating the spatio-temporal variations of NEP in the managed boreal forest landscape. Additionally, divergent successional patterns of NEP were observed in the managed forests compared to naturally regenerating boreal forests.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Alvaro Enriquez-de-Salamanca
Summary: Forests produce goods and services, with the current forest economy being more focused on market price of goods. In Mediterranean climate conditions, forests have low timber production and often face financial losses; assessing timber production and carbon sequestration can lead to more balanced management.
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Forestry
Taru Rikkonen, Minna Turunen, Ville Hallikainen, Pasi Rautio
Summary: This study compared two methods of continuous cover forestry and found that small gap cutting is more effective in maintaining pendulous lichens, while selection cutting affects the entire area and removes trees that are beneficial for pendulous lichens. Therefore, in reindeer herding areas in northern Finland, larger trees should be preserved and the cutting cycle should be extended to reconcile forestry and reindeer husbandry.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Soil Science
Tim R. Howson, Pippa J. Chapman, Joseph Holden, Nadeem Shah, Russell Anderson
Summary: The recognition of peatlands as a key natural store of terrestrial carbon has led to new initiatives to protect and restore them. However, little is known about the differences in peat properties between intact, afforested, and restored bogs.
SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Jixian Meng, Feng Lu, Baodong Cheng
Summary: This article examines the impact of the Chinese government's Climate Change Policy Attention (CCPA) on forest carbon stocks (FCS) in China. The study finds that CCPA significantly promotes the growth of FCS, while climate policy uncertainty (CPU) and economic policy uncertainty (EPU) inhibit its growth. The article also identifies the channels through which CCPA promotes FCS growth, such as increasing the forest tending area and renewable energy consumption. The findings provide a theoretical basis for the development of relevant policies to promote FCS growth in China.
Article
Forestry
David Forrester, Hubert Schmid, Jens Nitzsche
Summary: This study examined the long-term changes in growth, physiology, and stand structure in six types of Swiss plenter forests. The results showed that over the past 100 years, there were common trends in increased growth, maximum tree sizes, species diversity, and convex diameter distributions with fewer medium sized trees and more very large trees. Differences in growth between species compositions were generally consistent with their light-use efficiency, transpiration, and water-use efficiency. The high structural variability of these forests and the variability within plots appeared to buffer the effects of stand density on regeneration and recruitment.
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Environmental Studies
Kyle Eyvindson, Remi Duflot, Maria Trivino, Clemens Blattert, Maria Potterf, Mikko Moenkkoenen
Summary: The study explores the impact of restricting forest management alternatives on forest multifunctionality. Results show that limiting forest management alternatives negatively affects forest multifunctionality at all harvesting levels, with continuous cover forestry outperforming rotation forestry. The study suggests considering continuous cover forestry as the primary management alternative, with selective application of rotation forestry at the landscape scale.
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Agronomy
Daria Seitz, Lisa Mareen Fischer, Rene Dechow, Martin Wiesmeier, Axel Don
Summary: This study aims to quantify the soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration potential of cover crops in Germany. By simulating SOC scenarios and estimating the carbon input from cover crops, the study found that cover crops can effectively reduce SOC losses in German croplands.
Article
Forestry
Eva-Maria Roth, Kristiina Karhu, Matti Koivula, Helja-Sisko Helmisaari, Eeva-Stiina Tuittila
Summary: Forest management practices, such as continuous-cover forestry and clear-cut-based rotation forest management, have different impacts on soil carbon storage in boreal forests. This study compared the effects of these two management systems on soil organic carbon storage and quality in Scots pine forests in eastern Finland. The findings suggest that while clear-cutting enhances decomposition rates, it does not significantly affect SOC concentrations and stocks.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Olli Tahvonen, Janne Ramo
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
(2016)
Article
Management
Ankur Sinha, Janne Ramo, Pekka Malo, Markku Kallio, Olli Tahvonen
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2017)
Article
Economics
Aino Assmuth, Olli Tahvonen
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
(2018)
Article
Economics
Vesa-Pekka Parkatti, Aino Assmuth, Janne Ramo, Olli Tahvonen
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
(2019)
Article
Forestry
Olli Tahvonen, Janne Ramo, Mikko Monkkonen
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
(2019)
Article
Forestry
Janne Ramo, Aino Assmuth, Olli Tahvonen
Article
Forestry
Artti Juutinen, Vladimir Shanin, Anssi Ahtikoski, Janne Ramo, Raisa Makipaa, Raija Laiho, Sakari Sarkkola, Ari Lauren, Timo Penttila, Hannu Hokka, Markku Saarinen
Summary: CCF is more profitable than RF in peatland forestry, especially with a 15-year harvest interval, although the overall profitability of CCF depends on the interest rate. There are many relatively profitable CCF harvesting alternatives in boreal spruce-dominated peatland forests.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
(2021)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Heikki Lehtonen, Janne Ramo
Summary: Food security, sustainability, and climate targets present challenges for agriculture and food sectors in many countries. Finland aims to achieve climate neutrality by 2035 and reducing agricultural greenhouse gas emissions is crucial. This paper explores how Finland can significantly decrease emissions while addressing other sustainability concerns. Results suggest that moderate changes in diets and land use can reduce emissions by over 40% by 2050 with support from productivity growth and policy changes.
SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE
(2023)
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Environmental Studies
Janne Ramo, Boris Tupek, Heikki Lehtonen, Raisa Makipaa
Summary: Through the study of economic and ecological models based on Finnish conditions, we found that afforestation can be more profitable than low-income agriculture even without subsidies. On high-income farms, forestry is more profitable than agriculture if carbon is moderately subsidized and afforestation costs are low. Additional afforestation subsidies are needed for forestry to compete with agriculture when afforestation costs are high. In the case of very high agricultural income, forestry remains less profitable unless carbon subsidies or additional afforestation subsidies are very high.
Article
Economics
Aino Assmuth, Janne Ramo, Olli Tahvonen
Summary: This study extends the research on economically optimal carbon storage to mixed-species size-structured stands, using an ecological model and optimization methods to analyze carbon storage and timber revenues. The results show that carbon pricing can increase stand volume, promote tree species diversity, and lower the marginal cost of carbon storage with a higher number of tree species in a stand.
ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Economics
Janne Ramo, Olli Tahvonen
ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS
(2017)
