Potential Reductions in Carbon Emissions from Indonesian Forest Concessions Through Use of Reduced-Impact Logging Practices

Hermudananto; Ethan Belair; Hasbie Hasbillah; Peter Ellis; Ruslandi; Francis Putz

doi:10.3390/f15122198

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Potential Reductions in Carbon Emissions from Indonesian Forest Concessions Through Use of Reduced-Impact Logging Practices

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Potential Reductions in Carbon Emissions from Indonesian Forest Concessions Through Use of Reduced-Impact Logging Practices

Hermudananto, Ethan Belair, Hasbie Hasbillah, Peter Ellis, Ruslandi and Francis Putz

Forests, Vol.15(12), pp.1-20

2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f15122198

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Abstract

natural climate solutions (NCSs)

improved forest management

carbon emissions

nationally determined contributions

logging concessions

forest degredation

forestry and other land uses

To estimate the potential and realized carbon emission reductions from implementation of reduced-impact logging (RIL) in Indonesia, we compiled logging emissions data from 15 concessions in Kalimantan and 10 from the Papuan provinces. Committed emissions data were collected for harvested timber as well as from collateral damage caused by felling, skidding, and clearing for haul roads and log yards. Emissions expressed as mean ± standard error per cubic meter of timber harvested, per area harvested, and per Mg of timber harvested (i.e., the ‘Carbon Impact Factor’) were 1.30 ± 0.15 Mg C m−3, 27.52 ± 4.44 Mg C ha−1, and 6.88 ± 0.84 Mg Mg−1, respectively. Among the sampled concessions, felling, hauling, and skidding caused 18–86%, 2–48%, and 6–75% of these emissions, respectively. Potential emission reductions calculated as the difference between observed emissions and those of the five best-performing concessions are 0.67 ± 0.15 Mg C m−3, 21.11 ± 4.38 Mg C ha−1, and 4.20 ± 0.83 Mg Mg−1, which represents reductions of 51%, 76%, and 61%, respectively. Extrapolating these estimates to all of Indonesia using average log production data from 2018 to 2021 results in an estimated annual emissions reduction of 14.47 Tg CO2 from full adoption of RIL, which is 2.9% of Indonesia’s nationally determined contribution (NDC) from the forestry sector.

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Title: Potential Reductions in Carbon Emissions from Indonesian Forest Concessions Through Use of Reduced-Impact Logging Practices
Authors: Hermudananto - University of Florida
Ethan Belair - The Nature Conservancy
Hasbie Hasbillah - Tropical Forest Foundation (Indonesia)
Peter Ellis - The Nature Conservancy
Ruslandi - Yayasan Konservasi Alam Nusantara (Indonesia)
Francis Putz (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Tropical Forests and People Research Centre
Publication details: Forests, Vol.15(12), pp.1-20
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date published: 2024
DOI: 10.3390/f15122198
ISSN: 1999-4907
Copyright note: © 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Data Availability: All data will be made available by the Environmental Data Initiative (EDI).
Grant note: This research was funded by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Yayasan Konservasi Alam Nusantara (YKAN).
Organisation Unit: Tropical Forests and People Research Centre
Language: English
Record Identifier: 991091093602621
Output Type: Journal article

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