Climate targets in European timber-producing countries conflict with goals on forest ecosystem services and biodiversity

  1. Blattert, Clemens 1
  2. Mönkkönen, Mikko 1
  3. Burgas, Daniel 1
  4. Di Fulvio, Fulvio 2
  5. Toraño Caicoya, Astor 3
  6. Vergarechea, Marta 4
  7. Klein, Julian 5
  8. Hartikainen, Markus 6
  9. Antón-Fernández, Clara 4
  10. Astrup, Rasmus 4
  11. Emmerich, Michael 7
  12. Forsell, Nicklas 2
  13. Lukkarinen, Jani 8
  14. Lundström, Johanna 5
  15. Pitzén, Samuli 8
  16. Poschenrieder, Werner 3
  17. Primmer, Eeva 8
  18. Snäll, Tord 5
  19. Eyvindson, Kyle 9
  1. 1 University of Jyväskylä
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    University of Jyväskylä

    Jyväskylä, Finlandia

    ROR https://ror.org/05n3dz165

  2. 2 International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
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    International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

    Laxenburg, Austria

    ROR https://ror.org/02wfhk785

  3. 3 TUM School of Life Sciences
  4. 4 Norwegian Institute for Bioeconomy Research
  5. 5 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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    Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Upsala, Suecia

    ROR https://ror.org/02yy8x990

  6. 6 Silo AI
  7. 7 Leiden University
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    Leiden University

    Leiden, Holanda

    ROR https://ror.org/027bh9e22

  8. 8 Finnish Environment Institute
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    Finnish Environment Institute

    Helsinki, Finlandia

    ROR https://ror.org/013nat269

  9. 9 Norwegian University of Life Sciences
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    Norwegian University of Life Sciences

    Ås, Noruega

    ROR https://ror.org/04a1mvv97

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Éditeur: Zenodo

Année de publication: 2022

Type: Dataset

CC BY 4.0

DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.6631408 lock_openAccès ouvert editor

Résumé

The repository contains the data and codes supporting the findings of the study:<strong> </strong>Climate targets in European timber-producing countries conflict with goals on forest ecosystem services and biodiversity, which can be found in the zip file "<strong>euclimate_vs_natpolicy-main.zip"</strong>. Further, the repository includes the raw forest simulation data used as input for the multi-objective optimizations and the raw optimization outputs of each study region. The codes to run the national optimization can be retrieved from https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6631109. Abstract: The European Union (EU) set clear climate change mitigation targets to reach climate neutrality, accounting for forests and their woody biomass resources. We investigated the consequences of increased harvest demands resulting from EU climate targets. We analysed the impacts on national policy objectives for forest ecosystem services and biodiversity through empirical forest simulation and multi-objective optimization methods. We show that key European timber-producing countries – Finland, Sweden, Germany (Bavaria) – cannot fulfil the increased harvest demands linked to the ambitious 1.5°C target. Potentials for harvest increase only exists in the studied region Norway. However, focusing on EU climate targets conflicts with several national policies and causes adverse effects on multiple ecosystem services and biodiversity. We argue that the role of forests and their timber resources in achieving climate targets and societal decarbonization should not be overstated. Our study provides insight for other European countries challenged by conflicting policies and supports policymakers.