Extended Data Table 2 Illustrative example of time discounting calculation (4% for 40 years post-harvest) of one hectare of Southeastern U.S. secondary forest with conversion to loblolly pine plantation

From: The carbon costs of global wood harvests

  1. In this example, wood is assigned to wood products based on existing usage and without substitution effect. The absolute carbon change 40 years after harvest is 12.0 tC ha−1 (summing the “absolute change” column) and the PDV is 17.3 tC ha−1 (summing the “value when discounted to year 1”).
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