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