Geoscience Reference
In-Depth Information
leak
i
: Factor of money which will in real reach the forest [1]
IP
i
: Incentive payment [$/ha]
MAI
i
: Mean annual wood volume increment [m
3
/ha]
NPP
i
: Net primary production [tC/ha/year]
pc
i
: Carbon price [$/tC]
pca
i
: Incentives carbon price [$/tC/fr
i
]
Pd
i
: Population density [People/km
2
]
PL
max
: Maximal land price of reference country × price index (px
i
) [$/ha]
PL
min
: Minimal land price of reference country × price index (px
i
) [$/ha]
PPP
i
: Purchasing power parity [$]
PPP
ref
: Purchasing power parity of reference country [$]
pr
i
: Ratio of area planted [0-1]
pw
i
: Stumpage wood price [$/m
3
]
pw
max
: Maximum revenue of wood, e.g., 35$/fm [$/fm]
Pw
min
: Minimum revenue of wood, e.g., 5$/fm [$/fm]
px
i
: Price index [1]
r: Discount rate [e.g., 0.05]
R
i
: Rotation interval length [years]
SAgSi: Standardized agricultural suitability [1-10]
SFs: Standardized not forest area share [1-10]
SPd: Standardized population density [1-10]
V
i
: Harvest wood volume [m3]
x
i
: Theoretical decrease of the forest share if Fs
i
> 0 ∧ AgSi > 0
KEYWORDS
•
Biomass
•
Carbon sequestration
•
Deforestation
•
Forest degradation
•
Greenhouse gas
AUTHORS' CONTRIBUTIONS
Georg Kindermann has developed the deforestation rate model, implemented the
whole model, collected some data sources, and organized them to be used for the
implementation, runs the simulations, created figures and tables, and wrote a first draft
of the chapter.
