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This page last reviewed July 1, 2009

Climate Change and Forestry in California

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The Interagency Forestry Working Group’s (IFWG) Forest Inventory Symposium will take place on July 24th at the Cal/EPA Building in Sacramento (agenda)

Final Draft of the Updated Forest Project Protocol

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California Dept. Forestry and Fire Protection

United States Forest Service California

California State Parks

The goals of the California Global Warming Solutions Act (AB32) have focused renewed attention on California forests and the role they play in the carbon cycle. There is a need to understand how much carbon dioxide California forests are currently producing and sequestering, and how much they could sequester in the future. There is also a need to understand how management practices could potentially increase carbon sequestration and decrease greenhouse gas loss without compromising the host of other ecosystem functions forest provide, including climate regulation, protection of air and water quality, biodiversity, wildlife habitat, recreation and other quality of life attributes for human populations.

*ARB Forest-related Activities*

Interagency Forestry Working Group (IFWG) The IFWG will provide recommendations and technical information to assist the Board of Forestry in achieving the goals and objectives in the ARB's Scoping Plan.

Forest Scoping Plan Workgroup The Forest Working Plan Workgroup was formed as an interagency and stakeholder workgroup to assess and further develop ideas for the ARB Scoping Plan emissions reductions from the forest sector.

Forest Greenhouse Gas Accounting Protocols The ARB recognizes that California's vast forestlands provide an exceptional opportunity to address the state's climate challenge through the use of voluntary Forest Project Protocols.

*Forest Emissions Inventory* The ARB's forest sector greenhouse gas inventory includes CO₂ uptake and greenhouse gas emissions from wild and prescribed fires, the decomposition and combustion of residues from harvest and conversion/development, and wood products decomposition.

For further information, please email Jeanne Panek or call (916) 322-1029

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