Pinus radiata, a coniferous tree, native of California. A major source of softwood timber grown in Australia.
Forest management may involve decisions relating to carbon storage. After the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission, it has been recognised that there are huge surges of carbon emissions associated with summer mega-fires, such as those experienced in Victoria in 2003, 2006 and 2009, and the best way to reduce the risk of these mega-fires is to increase the use of prescribed burning. In particular, this includes more broadscale prescribed burning in remote areas, as well as more targeted strategic burning around towns and urban areas.
One area which reflects consideration of avoiding carbon emissions from forest fires is in the reduction of slash burning (burning of harvesting debris) in plantations, although the primary reason for this change is that allowing harvesting debris to rot and decay in-situ is a better means of retaining nutrients on site and maintaining soil productivity for the next crop.
The introduction of carbon trading schemes is providing an alternative source of income to forest owners and growers. Currently voluntary carbon markets exist in Australia; however the introduction of a carbon pricing mechanism in Australia is currently under debate. If a mandatory carbon mechanism is introduced (e.g. New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme), it is likely to have impacts on harvesting and conservation decisions (Leys, 2011).
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Forestry Matters!Forestry matters! is a free, comprehensive education resource that provides teachers with relevant, up-to-date information about South Australia’s forests. |
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Trees for carbon sequestrationThis factsheet discusses what is carbon sequestration, how to estimate carbon sequestration, carbon accounting and more. |
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Carbon and its storage in forest and wood productsClass activities on carbon, cycling & storage. |
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Forestry Matters!Forestry matters! is a free, comprehensive education resource that provides teachers with relevant, up-to-date information about South Australia’s forests. |
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Forests, timber and climate change- Factsheet and WorksheetWorksheet and factsheet to guide discussion on forests, timber and the greenhouse effect. |
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Planet Ark - Schools Tree dayEach year in July, around 2500 schools across Australia take part in Schools Tree Day. Students nation-wide have learnt how to plant, and care for the seedlings they grow. Become involved. |
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Tackle climate change, use woodThis website provides a downloadable video and information book on how using wood helps tackle climate change, produced by the British Columbian Forestry Climate Change Working Group in Canada. It discusses how wood products store carbon for the life of a product, and if used as a substitute to replace fossil fuel intensive materials such as concrete and steel, it helps reduce the amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere. Wood is a renewable, recyclable, and sustainable natural product for the long term. |
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Wild Forest Adventure Activity BookWild Forest Adventure is an activity based companion booklet especially designed for use with the Forests NSW website. |
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Wild Forest Adventure online gameThe Wild Forest Adventure section has been especially designed for students, to provide interesting and relevant information about the forest environment, in a stimulating and fun way. |
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Climate change and forestryDiscover more about climate change and forestry at LandLearn NSW. |
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Forestry Matters! websiteForestry matters! is a free, comprehensive education resource that provides teachers with relevant, up-to-date information about South Australia’s forests. |
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Going Bush - Forest's role in the carbon equationThe boys talk to a trio of carbon specialists about the part forests and its products can play in the fight against global warming. They see how it’s measured in Victoria’s Wombat Forest and hear how storage of carbon in forests should be compared to a dam, with inputs from growing trees and regular withdrawals especially for timber to replace fossil-fuel intensive materials, rather than simply locked away. |
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Planet Ark - Schools Tree dayEach year in July, around 2500 schools across Australia take part in Schools Tree Day. Students nation-wide have learnt how to plant, and care for the seedlings they grow. Become involved. |
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Tackle climate change, use woodThis website provides a downloadable video and information book on how using wood helps tackle climate change, produced by the British Columbian Forestry Climate Change Working Group in Canada. It discusses how wood products store carbon for the life of a product, and if used as a substitute to replace fossil fuel intensive materials such as concrete and steel, it helps reduce the amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere. Wood is a renewable, recyclable, and sustainable natural product for the long term. |
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The story of carbon.
Carbie the carbon atom is not happy. It is getting crowded in the atmosphere causing it to warm up. Carbie is looking for a better place to be. This interactive game allows you to choose between the ocean, coal, trees and wood products and learn how carbon is stored in each of these environments. |
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Going Bush - Forest's role in the carbon equationThe boys talk to a trio of carbon specialists about the part forests and its products can play in the fight against global warming. They see how it’s measured in Victoria’s Wombat Forest and hear how storage of carbon in forests should be compared to a dam, with inputs from growing trees and regular withdrawals especially for timber to replace fossil-fuel intensive materials, rather than simply locked away. |
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Tackle climate change, use woodThis website provides a downloadable video and information book on how using wood helps tackle climate change, produced by the British Columbian Forestry Climate Change Working Group in Canada. It discusses how wood products store carbon for the life of a product, and if used as a substitute to replace fossil fuel intensive materials such as concrete and steel, it helps reduce the amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere. Wood is a renewable, recyclable, and sustainable natural product for the long term. |
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The story of carbon.
Carbie the carbon atom is not happy. It is getting crowded in the atmosphere causing it to warm up. Carbie is looking for a better place to be. This interactive game allows you to choose between the ocean, coal, trees and wood products and learn how carbon is stored in each of these environments. |
To view this link
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Wild Forest Adventure online gameThe Wild Forest Adventure section has been especially designed for students, to provide interesting and relevant information about the forest environment, in a stimulating and fun way. |
To view this link
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Forest, wood and Australian carbon balanceInformation on the extend to which plantations and commerical forests, as well as the wood products produced by those forests, contribute to Australia's carbon balance. |
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