Carbon in Oregon’s Managed Forests – Science Review

Revised in 2022.

Forest ecosystems and harvested wood products play an important role in the planet’s carbon cycle, and there are ways long-term management can support their potential to mitigate climate change.

This report, Carbon in Oregon’s Managed Forests, synthesizes scientific research on carbon sequestration and storage in Oregon’s managed forests and in the wood products sourced from those forests. 

Chapters in the report cover topics that include:

• an overview of carbon and forests
• carbon sequestration and storage in Oregon’s forests
• managing forests to increase their carbon storage, productivity and resiliency
• the role of wood products and biomass energy
• harvested-wood-products-carbon accounting
• current and future markets for carbon