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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2014, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (3): 123-129.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20140317

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Carbon Flow of Chinese International Trade of Forest Products:Based on the Climate Change Negotiations

Yang Hongqiang1,2,5, Ji Chunyi3,5, Chen Xingliang4, Nie Ying2,5   

  1. 1. College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing 210037;
    2. Center for Yangtze River Delta's Socioeconomic Development, Nanjing University Nanjing 210093;
    3. School of Business, Jiangnan University Wuxi 214122;
    4. Chinese Academy of Forestry Beijing 100091;
    5. Research Center for Economics and Trade in Forest Products of State Forestry Administration Nanjing 210037
  • Received:2013-06-20 Revised:2013-10-28 Online:2014-03-25 Published:2014-04-16
  • Contact: 陈幸良

Abstract:

The measurement and allocation of carbon in harvested wood products (HWP) of international trade is an important forestry issue in the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Convention. In this paper, the carbon storage and carbon emissions of HWP in trade for China was accounted from 1961—2011, then the contribution to carbon removal was analyzed according to the IPCC guidelines. Research showed that: The carbon flow accounted by different method suggested by IPCC had different effect on carbon reduction for annex Ⅰ trading nation. The carbon stock in the form of wood product imports grew constantly, which had increased carbon removal by stock-change approach. While estimated by atmospheric-flow approach, large imports of primary wood materials increased carbon emissions, so that trade of HWP had made China become a "carbon source".

Key words: harvested wood product, international trade, carbon flow, climate change negotiations

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