The forests that supply the industry’s raw material remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store the carbon – not only in trees, but also below ground in soils and root systems, and ultimately in forest products. In performing life cycle assessment (LCA) or carbon footprint studies of forest products, and in complying with carbon footprint standards and protocols, there is often a need to characterize the fate of biogenic carbon as products travel through the value chain, and the carbon in forest products themselves. NCASI’s research program includes elements that address all of these aspects, including the development of tools that our Member Companies can use estimating forest carbon stored in products.
List of resources addressing forest carbon issues such as carbon sequestration, methods for estimating the amount of carbon in products to be used for 100 years, and methods for addressing the carbon cycle in life cycle analyses.
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Learn MoreNCASI has developed a Tool to Calculate Carbon Stored in Forest Products to characterize the fate of biogenic carbon as products travel through the value chain.
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