?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4533%2F&rft.title=Possibilities+for+Increased+Carbon+Sequestration+through+the+Implementation+of+Rational+Forest+Management+in+Russia&rft.creator=Shvidenko%2C+A.&rft.creator=Nilsson%2C+S.&rft.creator=Roshkov%2C+V.&rft.description=Huge+areas+of+the+Russian+forests+suffer+from+insufficient+forest+management.+A+scenario+has+been+developed+for+an+improved+management+program+that+would+be+implemented+over+the+next+40+years.+Possible+options+have+been+aggregated+into+three+interlinked+groups%3A+increase+in+forest+productivity+through+improvement+of+the+forest+conditions+and+the+structure+of+the+Forest+Fund%2C+decrease+of+carbon+by+mitigation+of+disturbance+regimes%2C+and+improvement+of+landscape+management.+One+prerequisite+in+developing+this+scenario+was+that+the+cost+of+sequestering+one+ton+of+carbon+should+not+exceed+US%243+(1992+dollar+value).+In+this+article+a+simple+model+is+described+to+illustrate+the+following+possibilities+for+increased+carbon+fixation+by+improved+forest+management%3A+large-scale+reforestation+and+afforestation%2C+replacement+of+stands+with+low+productivity+and+replacement+of+so+called+soft+deciduous+species+and+%22climax%22+stands%2C+and+implementation+of+rational+silviculture+(thinning).+The+results+indicate+a+potential+for+an+increase+in+carbon+fixation+in+Russian+forest+ecosystems+of+24.4+Pg+over+100+years%2C+after+the+first+year+that+the+actions+discussed+are+implemented.+The+net+sink+of+carbon+was+determined+to+be+16.5+Pg+in+the+low+estimate+and+42.5+Pg+in+the+high+estimate.+However%2C+there+are+many+uncertainties+in+the+data+and+there+are+difficulties+in+adequately+modeling+the+possibilities+for+implementation+under+current+conditions+in+Russia.+In+spite+of+these+uncertainties+we+conclude+that+there+is+great+potential+for+economically+justified+increased+carbon+fixation+through+improved+forest+management+in+Russia.&rft.publisher=WP-95-060&rft.date=1995-07&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4533%2F1%2FWP-95-060.pdf&rft.identifier=++Shvidenko%2C+A.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F281.html%3E%2C+Nilsson%2C+S.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F217.html%3E%2C+%26+Roshkov%2C+V.++(1995).++Possibilities+for+Increased+Carbon+Sequestration+through+the+Implementation+of+Rational+Forest+Management+in+Russia.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-95-060+++++