Section summary: Ground-based field measurements

Nophea Sasaki

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Section summary: Ground-based field measurements

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Nophea Sasaki

Year:

2013

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

Source:

In: Mortenson, Leif A.; Halperin, James J.; Manley, Patricia N.; Turner, Rich L., eds. Proceedings of the international workshop on monitoring forest degradation in Southeast Asia. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-246. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station: 22-24

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Abstract

Although deforestation has been the main focus of international debate in REDD+, forest degradation could emit even more carbon emissions because forest degradation can take place in any accessible forest. Accounting for emission factors requires the use of stockchange or gain-loss approach depending on the forests in questions. Ground based field measurements are a critical basis for both approaches. Carbon stocks in logged forests could vary highly depending to some extent on logging intensity and collateral damages.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the international workshop on monitoring forest degradation in Southeast Asia

Keywords

forest degradation monitoring, Southeast Asia, climate change, carbon

Citation

Sasaki, Nophea. 2013. Section summary: Ground-based field measurements. In: Mortenson, Leif A.; Halperin, James J.; Manley, Patricia N.; Turner, Rich L., eds. Proceedings of the international workshop on monitoring forest degradation in Southeast Asia. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-246. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station: 22-24.