Forest management

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

Alkemade et al., 2009 Carle and Holmgren, 2008 Dagnachew et al., 2018 Dagnachew et al., 2020 Doelman et al., 2019 Doelman et al., 2020b FAO, 2006b FAO, 2015 FAO, 2020 Hartmann et al., 2010 Putz et al., 2012

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.

Key policy issues

• How can management influence forest capacity to meet future demand for wood and other ecosystem services?
• What are the implications of forest management for pristine and managed forest areas, and on biomass and carbon stocks and fluxes of relevance for climate policy?
• What are the prospects for more sustainable forest management and the role of production in dedicated forest plantations?

Introduction