Modelling forest carbon stock changes as affected by harvest and natural disturbances. II. EU-level analysis

Table 2 Summary of the main parameters applied by CBM model for each country

Country	Original NFI year	Time step 0 (years)	CBM FM area (Mha)^b	Harvest rate (av. 2000–2012, Mm3)	County specific biomass equations
Austria	2008	1998	3.2	22.9	X
Belgium	1999	1999	0.7	4.3
Bulgaria	2000	2000	3.2	5.3
Croatia	2006^a	1996	2.0	4.6
Czech Republic	2000	2000	2.6	17.0	X
Denmark	2004	1994	0.5	2.3
Estonia	2000	2000	2.1	7.9
Finland	1999	1999	21.7	55.0
France	2008	1998	14.6	54.9
Germany	2002	1992	10.6	74.7	X
Greece	1992^a	1992	1.2	1.6
Hungary	2008	1998	1.6	6.2	X
Ireland	2005	1995	0.5	2.8
Italy	2005	1995	7.4	10.2	X
Latvia	2009	1999	3.2	15.8	X
Lithuania	2006	1996	2.0	7.7
Luxembourg	1999	1999	0.1	0.3
Netherlands	1997	1997	0.3	1.2
Poland	1993	1993	8.9	37.8
Portugal	2005	1995	3.6	12.2	X
Romania	1985	1985	6.6	17.2	X
Slovakia	2000	2000	1.9	9.0
Slovenia	2000	2000	1.1	3.3
Spain	2002	1992	12.6	16.8
Sweden	2006	1996	22.6	79.5
United Kingdom	1997	1997	2.5	9.8
EU			137.9	480.7	8 countries

The table reports the NFI original reference year; the year since the model was applied; the FM area used by CBM at time step 0; the average harvest rate used; the countries where specific equations to convert the merchantable volume into aboveground biomass were selected. Two countries were not modeled: Cyprus (no NFI data available) and Malta (very small forest area, mainly covered by shrub lands)
^aAnalysis based on data from forest management plans
^bFM area used by CBM at time step 0. According to KP rules, FM is the area of forest in 1990, decreased with any subsequent deforestation. The FM area is taken from the official submissions made by countries to UNFCCC/Kyoto Protocol, giving priority to data from KP-CRF tables when available (i.e., if FM had been elected during the first KP commitment period), or alternatively taking data from the convention CRF tables (using ‘forest land remaining forest land’ in 1990 as a proxy for FM). To obtain FM area at time step 0, the D area reported by all countries under the Kyoto Protocol was used. Please note that CBM runs did not include forests reported as “not productive” (e.g., 0.4 Mha in Austria, 0.02 Mha in Bulgaria, 5 Mha in Sweden) and overseas territories (8.2 Mha in France)

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