Provider: Ingenta Connect Database: Ingenta Connect Content: application/x-research-info-systems TY - ABST AU - Galante, M.V. AU - Pinard, M.A. AU - Mencuccini, M. TI - Estimating carbon avoided from the implementation of reduced-impact logging in Sabah, Malaysia JO - International Forestry Review PY - 2018-03-01T00:00:00/// VL - 20 IS - 1 SP - 58 EP - 78 KW - REDD-PLUS KW - BASELINE KW - REDUCED-IMPACT LOGGING KW - SABAH KW - CARBON N2 - The objective of this study was to investigate the design and application of a carbon baseline for commercial timber harvest activities involving conventional timber harvest activities (CNV), relative to reduced-impact logging (RIL) in Sabah, Malaysia. As only RIL is eligible to be practiced in production forests, a baseline of CNV was estimated from the literature. The principle of net present value was applied to the postharvest accumulation of carbon stocks after RIL to model a conservative 'crediting' baseline. Two areas representing opposite ends of a range of anthropogenic disturbance were sampled, with an old growth lower montane forest, and a lowland severely logged-over dipterocarp forest investigated before-, and two- and three-years after harvest, respectively. Areas impacted by CNV were estimated to contain 12–39% of pre-harvest carbon stock, relative to 57–63% under RIL and estimated to accumulate carbon in the range of 0.68–1.25 tC ha–1 yr–1, averaging 14–55 years for recovery; in-line with body of knowledge. While the main limitation was our inability measure CNV directly, a balance of understanding is required for the development of a 'best estimate' using the literature. UR - https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cfa/ifr/2018/00000020/00000001/art00005 M3 - doi:10.1505/146554818822824192 UR - https://doi.org/10.1505/146554818822824192 ER -