Carbon in Northern Forests:
Integration of Research and Management


Houghton, Michigan
 
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Preliminary Agenda

June 23, 2008
5:00 Poster set-up
6:00 Evening reception and registration


June 24, 2008
8:00 Registration and Poster set-up
9:00 Opening Remarks and Perspectives


10:00 Disturbance Effects on Forest Carbon Pools
Topic 1: Climate change impacts
Topic 2: Fire effects on forest carbon pools

12:00 Lunch

1:30 Management Interaction with Forest Carbon Pools
Topic 1: Forest Management for carbon sequestration

3:00 Break

3:30 Management Interaction with Forest Carbon Pools (continued)
Topic 2: Effects of land use change on carbon pools

5:00 pm Poster Session and Social


June 25, 2008
8:00 Carbon as an Ecosystem Service
Topic 1: Carbon in urban forests
Topic 2: Carbon markets and forest management

10:00 Break

10:30 Carbon as an Ecosystem Service
Topic 3: Biodiversity and carbon management (continued)

12:00 Lunch

1:30 Bioenergy for Fossil Fuel Substitution and Carbon Sequestration
Topic 1: Management with short-rotation woody crops
Topic 2: Carbon in Life Cycle Analysis

4:00 - Adjourn


June 26, 2008
8:00 Optional Field Tour of local carbon research and management (ends at 12:00)

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