Sensitivity analysis in calculating the social value of carbon sequestered in British grown Sitka spruce

Brainard, Julii, Lovett, Andrew and Bateman, Ian (2006) Sensitivity analysis in calculating the social value of carbon sequestered in British grown Sitka spruce. Journal of Forest Economics, 12 (3). pp. 201-228.

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Abstract

We describe a model that estimates the social benefits of carbon (C) sequestered in plantation Sitka spruce in Great Britain. Final net present values (NPV, base year=2003) resulting from plausible variations in model parameters are calculated. The discount rate, social value of C, timber yield, rate of gain into live wood, length of rotation, lifetime of products, amount of C displaced by products and the changes in C flux on afforested peat soils are the most influential model components. The study predicts that C fluxes in actively managed forests in second or subsequent rotations or planted on peat soils will tend to have low or (on average) negative NPV.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	carbon sequestration,woodland,sitka spruce,uncertainty
Faculty \ School:	University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Epidemiology and Public Health Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Social Sciences Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Resources, Sustainability and Governance (former - to 2018) Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences
Depositing User:	Rosie Cullington
Date Deposited:	25 Jan 2011 15:10
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2025 03:58
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/19487
DOI:	10.1016/j.jfe.2006.08.002

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