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Approaches for assessing forestry and wood products industries’ impact on the CO
2
balance (North Rhine-Westphalia, NRW)
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Forest sink
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HWP sink
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Fuel substitution
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Material substitution
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Changes in forest carbon stock
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Changes in HWP carbon stock
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CO2 impact of wood fuel
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CO2 impact of wood product usage
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[Mt CO
2
]
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[Mt CO
2
]
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[Mt CO
2
]
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[Mt CO
2
]
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[Mt CO
2
]
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How do the forestry and wood product industries in NRW impact the CO
2
balance in NRW (and the global CO
2
balance)?
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Forest in NRW
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HWP from forests in NRW
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All wood used as fuel in NRW
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All wood processed/manufactured in NRW
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Approach I: Kyoto Protocol-oriented approach
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(–4)
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–1.1
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–5.0
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–7.9
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–18.0
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How do the forest and consumers in NRW impact the global CO
2
balance?
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Forest in NRW
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All HWP used in NRW
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All wood used as fuel in NRW
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All HWP used in NRW
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Approach II: Consumer-oriented approach
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(–4)
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–3.3
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–5.0
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–9.1
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–21.4
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How do the forest and the harvested wood products from NRW impact the global CO
2
balance?
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Forest in NRW
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HWP from forests in NRW
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Wood from NRW used as fuel (of which ca. 0.5 Mt is not statistically recorded as harvested wood)
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HWP from forests in NRW
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Approach III: Value-creation approach
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(–4)
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–1.1
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–2.5
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–3.6
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–11.2
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