20.500.12556/RUL-121600 The effect of harvesting on national forest carbon sinks up to 2050 simulated by the CBM-CFS3 model a case study from Slovenia With the advent of global warming, forests are becoming an increasingly important carbon sink that can mitigate the negative effects of climate change. An understanding of the carbon dynamics of forests is, therefore, crucial to implement appropriate forest management strategies and to meet the expectations of the Paris Agreement with respect to international reporting schemes. One of the most frequently used models for simulating the dynamics of carbon stocks in forests is the Carbon Budget Model of the Canadian Forest Sector (CBM-CFS3). We applied this model in our study to evaluate the effects of harvesting on the carbon sink dynamics in Slovenian forests. Five harvesting scenarios were defined: (1) business as usual (BAU), (2) harvesting in line with current forest management plans (PLAN), (3) more frequent natural hazards (HAZ), (4) high harvest (HH) and (5) low harvest (LH). The simulated forest carbon dynamics revealed important differences between the harvesting scenarios. Relative to the base year of 2014, by 2050 the carbon stock in above-ground biomass is projected to increase by 28.4% (LH), 19% (BAU), 10% (PLAN), 6.5% (HAZ) and 1.2% (HH). Slovenian forests can be expected to be a carbon sink until harvesting exceeds approximately 9 million m$^3$ annually, which is close to the calculated total annual volume increase. Our results are also important in terms of Forest Reference Levels (FRL), which will take place in European Union (EU) member states in the period 2021–2025. For Slovenia, the FRL was set to −3270.2 Gg CO$_2$ eq/year, meaning that the total timber harvested should not exceed 6 million m$^3$ annually. carbon forest reference levels forest management harvesting scenarios yield curves UNFCCC ogljik referenčne vrednosti gospodarjenje z gozdovi scenariji poseka prirastne krivulje UNFCCC true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2020-10-19 09:55:20 2020-10-19 09:55:22 2022-09-02 04:00:08 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2020 0 0 16 str. iss. 10, art. 1090 Vol. 11 2020 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 630**6 1999-4907 10.3390/f11101090 32930819 3872166 RAZ_Jevsenak_Jernej_2020.pdf RAZ_Jevsenak_Jernej_2020.pdf 1 376F34D360B8C7BBB43E8F12355F2E71 8da0b322d946a5b423fa91ac60c1afd8b87065bffa07ec4ee6e87c86ad43a097 63ecdda3-7531-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=152901 https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/11/10/1090 1 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=137067 Biotehniška fakulteta 0 0 0