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. 2019 Nov 26;14:15. doi: 10.1186/s13021-019-0129-5

Table 3.

Treatment of carbon inflows and outflows in forest and HWP pools in each HWP approach

Carbon transfers Pool-based approaches Flux-based approaches
IO SC P SCAD Simple AF
On-site absorption FL C gain FL C gain FL C gain FL C gain FL C gain FL C gain
On-site emissions FL C loss FL C loss FL C loss FL C loss FL C loss FL C loss
Off-site emissions FL C loss FL C loss FL C loss FL C loss FL C loss FL C loss
from FL to HWP as DU FL C loss

FL C loss

HWP C gain

FL C loss

HWP C gain

FL C loss

HWP C gain

from FL to exported HWP FL C loss FL C loss

FL C loss

HWP C gain

FL C loss
from FL (in other countries) to imported HWP HWP C gain
from HWP as DU to atmosphere HWP C loss HWP C loss HWP C loss HWP C loss HWP C loss
from exported HWP to atmosphere HWP C loss HWP C loss
from imported HWP to atmosphere HWP C loss HWP C loss

IO instantaneous oxidation, SC stock-change approach, P production approach, SCAD stock change approach for HWP of domestic origin, Simple simple-decay approach, AF atmospheric-flow approach, FL forest land, C carbon, DU domestically utilized wood