Land-Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry - the IEA Bioenergy Task ...

Measuring and marketingcarbon sequestration in plantedforestsNew South Wales, AustraliaAnnette CowieKeith LambState Forests of NSW, CRC Greenhouse AccountingContent• Carbon trading in NSW• Carbon accounting - project scale– monitoring carbon sequestration in NSWplantations• Creating a carbon credit product– Carbon accounting standard• Marketing sequestered carbon• Managing for carbon and woodproductionAustralia's Greenhouse GasEmissions 1996Fugitive7%Transport16%Agriculture19%Waste4%Total 419 Mt CO 2 - 23t per capitaIndustrialprocesses2%1Stationaryenergy52%(Australian Greenhouse Office)3Opportunities for Forestry• Carbon trading from conventionalplanted forests• Environmental, rehabilitation planting• Timber as a greenhouse-friendlybuilding product• Biomass for bioenergy,substituting for fossil fuels24 .