A comprehensive mitigation assessment process (COMAP) for the evaluation of forestry mitigation options

doi:10.1016/0961-9534(95)00027-5

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volume 8, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 345-356

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Abstract

Carbon emissions from land-use change in the tropics contribute significantly to global greenhouse gas emissions. The evaluation of carbon flows from land-use change and the associated socioeconomic impacts are just beginning for the tropical countries. This paper presents a comprehensive mitigation assessment process (COMAP) for the evaluation of forest sector mitigation options. COMAP is a bottom-up methodological framework which was used in the assessment of carbon sequestration potential by the F7 countries and is recommended in the IPCC 1995 Working Group II chapter. COMAP helps to account for carbon and monetary flows, and to develop scenarios and cost-effectiveness indicators of alternative mitigation options. The COMAP calculation method is coded in a spreadsheet format.

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A comprehensive mitigation assessment process (COMAP) for the evaluation of forestry mitigation options

Abstract

Biomass and Bioenergy

Energy Convers. Mgmt

Section A: Greenhouse Gases

Carbon pools and flux of global forest ecosystems

Science

Emissions of greenhouse gases

World Resources 1990–1991

Estimating the costs of forest sector management options: overview of site, national and global analyses

Assessment of Promising Forest Management Practices and Technologies for Enhancing the Conservation and Sequestration of Atmospheric Carbon and Their Costs at the Site Level

US EPA/600/3-91/067

Climate and forests