Table 3 Description of the intensification scenarios in terms of the management applied to individual stands
From: Carbon costs and benefits of France’s biomass energy production targets
Scenario code | Scenario name | Number of simulations | Management of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Actively managed plots | Overstocked plots | Harvest-delayed plots | Unexploitable plots | |||
‘BaU’ | Reference | 1 | Harvest at current clearcut diameter; thinning at current thinning ratio | Harvest at current clearcut diameter; no thinning | No harvest; no thinning | No harvest; no thinning |
‘Ov’ | Extra mobilization of overstocked forests | 10 scenarios applied to 10 to 100% of the overstocked forests | Harvest at current clearcut diameter; thinning at current thinning ratio | Harvest at current clearcut diameter; thinning at current thinning ratio | No harvest; no thinning | No harvest; no thinning |
‘D’ | Extra mobilization of harvest-delayed forests | 10 scenarios applied to 10 to 100% of harvest-delayed forests | Harvest at current clearcut diameter; thinning at current thinning ratio | Harvest at current clearcut diameter; no thinning | Harvest; no thinning | No harvest; no thinning |
‘M’ | Extra mobilization of actively managed forests | 10 scenarios reducing the clearcut diameter by 1 to 10 cm | Clearcut diameter lowered with respect to current clearcut diameter; thinning at current thinning ratio | Harvest at current clearcut diameter; no thinning | No harvest; no thinning | No harvest; no thinning |
‘A’ | Extra mobilization of all forests | 10 scenarios combining respectively the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, …, 10th scenario of ‘O’, ‘D’ and ‘M’ | Clearcut diameter lowered by 1-10 cm with respect to current clearcut diameter; thinning at current thinning ratio | Harvest at current clearcut diameter; thinning at current thinning ratio | Harvest; no thinning | No harvest; no thinning |