Author : Racelis, Diomedes A.

Summary : In this study, a dynamic simulation model was developed to analyze the potential of major forest land uses in the Philippines to store and release atmospheric carbon. The study involved using the model to assess the capability of major land uses to sequester carbon. It also sought to estimate the level of carbon storage, release and sequestration of the major forest land uses in various forest resource management scenarios that include "business as usual", total log ban and Master plan scenarios. It also aimed to determine the policy implications of the outcome of the simulation analysis. The study demonstrated that forest land use management policy affects the level at which C is stored in, released from, and sequestered in forest land uses in terms of the manner by which the forest biomass is conserved, enhanced, and utilized and the rate at which they are allowed to be converted to other land uses under various management schemes.