Carbon Sequestration in Multiple- Purpose Timber Plantations
GREENHOUSE GAS ABATEMENT PROGRAM PROJECT
Project Management: Western Australia Plantation Resources (WAPRES)
Project Details:
- To facilitate the development of forestry industry on low productivity land in WA and deliver environmental services, e.g. carbon sequestration.
- Plantations of E.globulus on low productivity land are being harvested.
- The project is to partially replant with improved seedlings to make them economically viable.
Expected Greenhouse Gas Abatement: Abatement approx 85,000 tonnes of CO2-e in 2008-2012.
Note: Carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-e) is the basis for comparing the warming effect of a greenhouse gas as compared to carbon dioxide and is calculated by multiplying the mass of a greenhouse gas by its global warming potential.
GGAP funding: $1m
Total project cost: $3.5m
Environmental achievements:
- Establishment of 706 hectares of additional eucalypt plantation, on low productivity (sub economic) sites, which will lead to the abatement of about 85,000 tonnes of CO2-e during the Kyoto period (2008-12).
- The plantations are then likely to be grown for a further 5 years and should sequester a similar volume of greenhouse gases during this time.
- Of the 706 hectares, 331 hectares (47%) was established with E.smithii (gully gum), with the remaining 375 hectares established using the widely planted E.globulus (Tasmanian blue gum).
- The E.smithii plantings are believed to be the first commercial scale planting of this species in Australia, although it is planted commercially in a few countries notably South Africa and China. The E.smithii plantings have lead to greatly improved knowledge regarding the germination and growth of this specie in the nursery as well as its silvicultural requirements after planting.
- The plantings are integrated onto already cleared land with all native vegetation retained.
- These plantations will also make a very positive contribution to social, economic and environmental outcomes in the operational area.
Note: Carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-e) is the basis for comparing the warming effect of a greenhouse gas as compared to carbon dioxide and is calculated by multiplying the mass of a greenhouse gas by its global warming potential.
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