Temporally-explicit model of carbon balance of the wood sector in tropical forests at the scale of a territory

This repository presents a temporally-explicit and territory scale model of carbon balance of the wood sector in a tropical territory. It allows modeling past carbon fluxes on the basis of logging data (area logged, logging intensity) and simulating the carbon balance of prospective scenarii of development of the timber production sector. It was calibrated with long-term local data using Bayesian inference. The model accounts for carbon fluxes from selective logging in natural forest, timber plantation, first transformation and avoided emissions through energy substitution. All input data and parameters apply to the case of French Guiana, but the model can easily be adapted to other contexts.

The functionning of the model and all the functions is presented here.

The folder 01_data contains all model input data. The folder 02_functions contains all the functions. The folder 03_Rmarkdown countains the description of the model. Output of the model are stored in the folder 04_Results.

Model and code developed by: Géraldine Derroire, Camile Piponiot, Bruno Hérault, with expert knowledge from Laurent Descroix

Derroire, G., Piponiot, C., Descroix, L., Bedeau, C., Traissac, S., Brunaux, O., & Hérault, B. (2021). Prospective carbon balance of the wood sector in a tropical forest territory using a temporally-explicit model. Forest Ecology and Management, Forest Ecology and Management, 497, 119532.