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Bioenergy, Climate Change, and Carbon

Focus on the Science and Research

Pacific Coast Temperate Forest Carbon Partnership: Study Results

Friday, October 27, 2023
4:00pm - 4:30pm PST
Location: A5
CFE .5 / ISA CEU .5 / ESA CEU .125
The Pacific Coast Temperate Forest carbon partnership completed a regional study detailing current forest and harvested wood product carbon stocks, sequestration, drivers of change, and wood product flows in California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Study results provide a consistent baseline for regional monitoring, carbon accounting and climate mitigation policy.

Learning Objectives:

  • describe the Pacific Coast Temperate Forest carbon partnership and results presented from the Pacific Coast forest carbon report. The report highlights regional similarities and differences in forest health (i.e. growth/productivity, tree mortality, carbon sequestration, etc.), by jurisdiction and ownership group.
  • understand the import and export of wood products across the Pacific Coast region and how this relates to the assumptions made for carbon accounting and emerging markets.
  • have the information needed for the Pacific Coast region establishing a forest carbon baseline that can be monitored over time and used to develop forest management or utilization scenarios for carbon modeling informing climate mitigation policy.