Woodland Carbon Accounting: Services and Expertise Provided by Sandwood Enterprise
1. Woodland Creation:
· Estimation of above and below ground carbon storage and carbon sequestration in different woodland types and under different management regimes
· Estimation of carbon storage in harvested wood products
· Estimation of carbon gains through direct and indirect substitution of fossil fuels
· Estimation of GHG emissions from woodland management operations and transport of harvested wood products
· Assessment of impacts of different woodland types and management regimes on soil carbon
· Overall advice on net carbon gain from establishing woodlands on different land use types
· Advice on creating woodlands which are matched to future climate predictions
2. Existing woodlands:
· Assessment of above and below ground carbon storage and carbon sequestration in existing woodlands
· Estimation of carbon removals and subsequent storage in harvested wood products
· Estimation of carbon gains through direct (woodfuel) and indirect (material substitution) replacement of fossil fuels
· Estimation of GHG emissions from woodland management operations and transport of harvested wood products
· Assessment of impacts on soil carbon of different management regimes
· Estimation of carbon gains from bringing under-managed woodland into active management
· Preparation of carbon accounts for existing woodlands linked to future production forecasts
· Advice on improving the performance of existing woodlands in terms of their climate change mitigation potential.
· Advice on adapting existing woodlands to future climates
Sandy Greig, February 2016