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				<p> The forests in Slovakia are managed according to the forest management plans. The limits for cuttings are prescribed according to the rules of sustainable forest management. Thus, the produced timber becomes the sustainable natural resource. The purpose of wood use has implications for the carbon balance. Wood products for long term use represent a carbon pool from which carbon is released according to decay of products. The method for calculation and results of carbon balance of harvested wood products in Slovakia are provided in this paper. According to the results, the total amount of carbon stored in the harvested wood products in Slovakia have had an increasing trend in the last years and reached almost 15 Tg. The calculation follows the methods and good practice guidance arising from the Kyoto Protocol.</p>
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The forests in Slovakia are managed according to the forest management plans. The limits for cuttings are prescribed according to the rules of sustainable forest management. Thus, the produced timber becomes the sustainable natural resource. The purpose of wood use has implications for the carbon balance. Wood products for long term use represent a carbon pool from which carbon is released according to decay of products. The method for calculation and results of carbon balance of harvested wood products in Slovakia are provided in this paper. According to the results, the total amount of carbon stored in the harvested wood products in Slovakia have had an increasing trend in the last years and reached almost 15 Tg. The calculation follows the methods and good practice guidance arising from the Kyoto Protocol.

Carbon balance in harvested wood products in Slovakia / Bilancia uhlíka v drevných produktoch na Slovensku

National Forest Centre - Forest Research Institute Zvolen, T. G. Masaryka 2175/22, SK – 960 92 Zvolen, Slovakia

IFER - Institute of Forest Ecosystem Research, Čs. armády 547, CZ - 254 01 Jílové u Prahy, Czech Republic

European Commission – Joint Research Centre, E. Fermi 2749, I–21027, Ispra (VA), Italy

IFER – Institute of Forest Ecosystem Research, Čs. armády 547, CZ – 254 01 Jílové u Prahy, Czech Republic

National Forest Centre - Forest Research Institute Zvolen, T. G. Masaryka 2175/22, SK - 960 92 Zvolen, Slovakia

Central European Forestry Journal

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The forests in Slovakia are managed according to the forest management plans. The limits for cuttings are prescribed according to the rules of sustainable...

Carbon balance in harvested wood products in Slovakia / Bilancia uhlíka v drevných produktoch na Slovensku

Published Online: Aug 13, 2015

Page range: 101 - 106

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/forj-2015-0018

Keywords
harvested wood products, carbon balance, wood use, carbon pool, Kyoto Protocol

© by Rastislav Raši

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Carbon balance in harvested wood products in Slovakia / Bilancia uhlíka v drevných produktoch na Slovensku

Published Online: Aug 13, 2015

Page range: 101 - 106

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/forj-2015-0018

Keywordsharvested wood products, carbon balance, wood use, carbon pool, Kyoto Protocol

© by Rastislav Raši

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
harvested wood products, carbon balance, wood use, carbon pool, Kyoto Protocol