Forest management/Policy issues

Component is implemented in:

IMAGE land management model (version IMAGE land management 3.2) Components: Emissions Forest management Land cover and land use Land-use allocation Livestock systems Nutrients

Related IMAGE components

Carbon cycle and natural vegetation Drivers Energy supply and demand Land-use allocation

Projects/Applications

EU Seventh Framework Programme - FP7 LUC4C Rethinking Biodiversity Strategies (2010) project Shared Socioeconomic Pathways - SSP (2014) project

Key publications

Arets et al., 2011

References

Brown, 2000 PBL, 2010

Flowchart Forest management. See also the Input/Output Table on the introduction page. The option of forest plantations in IMAGE and LPJmL is still under development, and expected to be available soon.