Werner A Kurz
Biographic Data
| ID | 6704242 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Werner A Kurz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Werner A |
| FAMILY NAME | Kurz |
| SIGNATURE | KURZ W A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Canadian Forest Service |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4576-7849 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Improving carbon storage and greenhouse gas emissions avoidance through harvested wood products use
Afforestation can mitigate climate change by creating new carbon sinks and increasing wood supply. However, climate change can impact the growth of trees in afforested areas and affect their characteristics, and the harvested wood products that can be manufactured from them. This study aimed to quantify to what extent the quality of the wood supply directed to primary processing is influenced by climate change and alters the carbon storage of woo…
Restoring forest cover at diverse sites across Canada can balance synergies and trade-offs
The enduring world forest carbon sink
The uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) by terrestrial ecosystems is critical for moderating climate change1. To provide a ground-based long-term assessment of the contribution of forests to terrestrial CO2 uptake, we synthesized in situ forest data from boreal, temperate and tropical biomes spanning three decades. We found that the carbon sink in global forests was steady, at 3.6 ± 0.4 Pg C yr−1 in the 1990s and 2000s, and 3.5 ± 0.4 Pg C yr−1 in the …
Differences in land-based mitigation estimates reconciled by separating natural and land-use CO2 fluxes at the country level
Anthropogenic and natural CO2 fluxes on land constitute substantial CO2 emissions and removals but are usually not well distinguished in national greenhouse gas reporting. Instead, countries frequently combine natural and indirect human-induced CO2 fluxes on managed land in their reports, which diminishes their usefulness for designing policies consistent with climate mitigation targets. Here, we separate natural and land-use-related CO2 fluxes f…
Land-based emissions
Applying a systems approach to assess carbon emission reductions from climate change mitigation in Mexico’s forest sector
Mexico was the first Non-Annex I country to submit its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) and its Climate Change Mid-Century Strategy in accordance with the Paris Agreement of the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Since 2012, the Mexican government through its National Forestry Commission (CONAFOR), with support from the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, the Forest Services of Ca…
Climate, economic, and environmental impacts of producing wood for bioenergy
Increasing combustion of woody biomass for electricity has raised concerns and produced conflicting statements about impacts on atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations, climate, and other forest values such as timber supply and biodiversity. The purposes of this concise review of current literature are to (1) examine impacts on net GHG emissions and climate from increasing bioenergy production from forests and exporting wood pellets to Eu…
Wrong premises mislead the conclusions by Kallio et al. on forest reference levels in the EU
A Large and Persistent Carbon Sink in the World’s Forests
Net average global annual uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide by forests was 1.1 petagrams of carbon, roughly one-sixth of fossil fuel emissions.
Mountain pine beetle and forest carbon feedback to climate change
Accounting of forest carbon sinks and sources under a future climate protocol—factoring out past disturbance and management effects on age–class structure
Factoring out natural and indirect human effects on terrestrial carbon sources and sinks
A generalised approach of accounting for biospheric carbon stock changes under the Kyoto Protocol
Carbon budget of the Canadian forest product sector
Factoring out natural and indirect human effects on terrestrial carbon sources and sinks
Accounting of forest carbon sinks and sources under a future climate protocol—factoring out past disturbance and management effects on age–class structure
Wrong premises mislead the conclusions by Kallio et al. on forest reference levels in the EU
A generalised approach of accounting for biospheric carbon stock changes under the Kyoto Protocol
Carbon budget of the Canadian forest product sector
Carbon budget of the Canadian forest product sector
A generalised approach of accounting for biospheric carbon stock changes under the Kyoto Protocol
Factoring out natural and indirect human effects on terrestrial carbon sources and sinks
Mountain pine beetle and forest carbon feedback to climate change
Accounting of forest carbon sinks and sources under a future climate protocol—factoring out past disturbance and management effects on age–class structure
A Large and Persistent Carbon Sink in the World’s Forests
Net average global annual uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide by forests was 1.1 petagrams of carbon, roughly one-sixth of fossil fuel emissions.
Applying a systems approach to assess carbon emission reductions from climate change mitigation in Mexico’s forest sector
Mexico was the first Non-Annex I country to submit its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) and its Climate Change Mid-Century Strategy in accordance with the Paris Agreement of the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Since 2012, the Mexican government through its National Forestry Commission (CONAFOR), with support from the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, the Forest Services of Ca…
Climate, economic, and environmental impacts of producing wood for bioenergy
Increasing combustion of woody biomass for electricity has raised concerns and produced conflicting statements about impacts on atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations, climate, and other forest values such as timber supply and biodiversity. The purposes of this concise review of current literature are to (1) examine impacts on net GHG emissions and climate from increasing bioenergy production from forests and exporting wood pellets to Eu…
Wrong premises mislead the conclusions by Kallio et al. on forest reference levels in the EU
Land-based emissions
Differences in land-based mitigation estimates reconciled by separating natural and land-use CO2 fluxes at the country level
Anthropogenic and natural CO2 fluxes on land constitute substantial CO2 emissions and removals but are usually not well distinguished in national greenhouse gas reporting. Instead, countries frequently combine natural and indirect human-induced CO2 fluxes on managed land in their reports, which diminishes their usefulness for designing policies consistent with climate mitigation targets. Here, we separate natural and land-use-related CO2 fluxes f…
The enduring world forest carbon sink
The uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) by terrestrial ecosystems is critical for moderating climate change1. To provide a ground-based long-term assessment of the contribution of forests to terrestrial CO2 uptake, we synthesized in situ forest data from boreal, temperate and tropical biomes spanning three decades. We found that the carbon sink in global forests was steady, at 3.6 ± 0.4 Pg C yr−1 in the 1990s and 2000s, and 3.5 ± 0.4 Pg C yr−1 in the …
Improving carbon storage and greenhouse gas emissions avoidance through harvested wood products use
Afforestation can mitigate climate change by creating new carbon sinks and increasing wood supply. However, climate change can impact the growth of trees in afforested areas and affect their characteristics, and the harvested wood products that can be manufactured from them. This study aimed to quantify to what extent the quality of the wood supply directed to primary processing is influenced by climate change and alters the carbon storage of woo…
Restoring forest cover at diverse sites across Canada can balance synergies and trade-offs
Environmental Science (14 works) · Economics (11 works) · Climate change (10 works) · Natural resource economics (10 works) · Ecology (9 works) · Forest Management and Policy (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · Greenhouse gas (8 works) · Environmental resource management (7 works) · Agroforestry (5 works)