Journal article
Interventions to better manage the carbon stocks in Australian melaleuca forests
Land Use Policy, Vol.35, pp.417-420
2013
Abstract
Forests and woodlands dominated by tree species of the genus Melaleuca cover around 7,556,000. ha in Australia and predominantly occur as wetland ecosystems. In this Viewpoint, we use published secondary data to estimate that there is likely to be between 158. tC/ha and 286. tC/ha stored in Melaleuca forests. These estimates are at least five times greater than the previous estimate made by the Australian Government (about 27.8. tC/ha). There are 2.1 million ha of protected Melaleuca forest which likely stock between 328. M tC and 601. M tC; equivalent to between 2.7% and 5.0% of total carbon storage of all Australian native forests. These estimates are significant because it appears that carbon stocks in Melaleuca forests are currently dramatically under-estimated in Australia's national greenhouse gas emissions inventory reported under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Whilst the precision of the estimates is limited by the availability of rigorous primary data, we also argue that the estimates are indicative and meaningful, and this synopsis highlights the fact that this forest type should be considered a significant carbon store nationally and globally. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
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- Title
- Interventions to better manage the carbon stocks in Australian melaleuca forests
- Authors
- D B Tran (Author) - University of QueenslandP Dargusch (Author) - University of QueenslandJohn L Herbohn (Author) - University of QueenslandP Moss (Author) - University of Queensland
- Publication details
- Land Use Policy, Vol.35, pp.417-420
- Publisher
- Pergamon
- Date published
- 2013
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.04.018
- ISSN
- 0264-8377
- Organisation Unit
- Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Research Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99448878302621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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