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| Human well-beinghighlydependsonecosystemservicesandthisdependenceisexpectedtoincreasein
the futurewithincreasingpopulationandeconomicgrowth.Studiesthatinvestigatetrade-offsbetween
ecosystemservicesareurgentlyneededforinformingpolicy-makers.Weexaminethetrade-offs
between aprovisioning(revenuesfromtimberselling)andregulating(carbonstorageandsequestra-
tion) ecosystemservicesamongsevenalternativeforestmanagementregimesinalargeborealforest
production landscape.First,weestimatethepotentialofthelandscapetoproduceharvestrevenuesand
store/sequestercarbonacrossa50-yeartimeperiod.Then,weidentifyconflicts betweenharvest
revenuesandcarbonstorageandsequestration.Finally,weapplymultiobjectiveoptimizationto find
optimal combinationsofforestmanagementregimesthatmaximizeharvestrevenuesandcarbon
storage/sequestration.Ourresultsshowthatnomanagementregimealoneisabletoeithermaximize
harvest revenuesorcarbonservicesandthatacombinationofdifferentregimesisneeded.Wealsoshow
that witharelativelylittleeconomicinvestment(5%decreaseinharvestrevenues),asubstantialincrease
in carbonservicescouldbeattained(9%forcarbonstorage;15–23% forcarbonsequestration).We
conclude thatitispossibletoachievewin–win situationsapplyingdiversified forestmanagement
planning atalandscapelevel. | |
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