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FPI Woody Debris Management Workshop Avoiding Emissions Forest Carbon Initiative Climate Change and Integrated Planning Branch
FPI Woody Debris Management Workshop Avoiding Emissions
Forest Carbon Initiative
Climate Change and Integrated Planning Branch
• Forest Carbon Initiative
• Link to National GHG goals
• Calculate carbon benefit
• Successes and emerging opportunities
Outline
• Understand concepts of GHG’s
• Connect what you know about wood with what we understand about CO2
• Recognize significance of small projects
• Change how you think about logging residuals
Learning Objectives
• Low Carbon Economy Leadership Fund (LCELF) $140 M allocated to FCI from 2017/18 to 2021/22 via a cost recovery model
• $150M through the Forest Enhancement Society of BC
• $140M through FLNRORD
FCI Jointly funded by Canada & British Columbia
1. Contribute to the Provincial and Federal greenhouse gas reductions targets through:
– Incremental increases to carbon sequestration, and
– Incremental decreases to GHG emissions in the forestry sector by 2050
2. Support job creation
3. Provide opportunities for FN
4. Provide co-benefits (for example, improved forest resilience, wildlife habitat, etc.) 5
Goals of LCELF and FCI
• 40,000 ha’s reforestation
• 70,000 ha’s fertilization
• Utilization targets (m3):
– 2018/19 - 233,000
– 2019/20 – 746,000
– 2020/21 – 1,100,000
– 2021/22 – 1,360,000
FCI Accomplishments by 2022:
Slash pile burning:
• 8.7% of BC’s annual GHG
emissions
• 1,147,000 cars for 1 year
The Green House Gas Picture
Emissions Math
• 1 m3 of wood burned in a slash pile = .9 tCO2e
= driving 3600 km in a car
= Vancouver to Sault Ste. Marie!!
• 1 ODT burned in a slash pile = 2.25 tCO2e
= driving 9000 km in a car
= Vancouver to Toronto and back!!
Relative Impacts of GHGs on the Atmosphere
CO2→
CH4→
N20→
CO→
Some GHGs are worsethan others!
GHG Equivalency
Carbon Benefit of Bioenergy vs. Slash Burning
GHG Benefits of Various Products
• 50m3 load of fence posts
• Exceeds utilization standard of 4” top to a 2” top
• GHG benefit = 32 tCO2e = 7 cars for 1 year
Carbon Benefit on the Street
• Available Forest-Origin Biomass Report estimate
600,000 m3 available annually
300,000 m3 outside the economic zone
• Cost to utilize uneconomic fibre $2,600,000
• Assumed use 50% pulp & 50% energy
• GHG benefit = 120,000 tCO2e = 25,000 cars for 1 year
Potential Carbon Benefit at a TSA Level – Kamloops TSA
• Available Forest-Origin Biomass Report estimate
2,116,322 m3 available annually
1,748,725 m3 outside the economic zone
• Cost to utilize uneconomic fibre $33,338,000
• Assumed use 50% pulp & 50% energy
• GHG benefit = 449,115 tCO2e = 95,000 cars for 1 year
Potential Carbon Benefit at a TSA Level – Prince George TSA
V – C = IH
V = value of the fibre (V)
C = cost to deliver to a facility (C)
FCI eligibility:
• IH must be negative
• Fibre must be located outside of FRZ’s
Calculating Incremental Haul
• Fibre moved as far as 250 km
• Fibre use - pulp and power generation
• 87,438 m3 received
• GHG benefit = 27,000 tCO2e
= 5700 cars for 1 year
FESBC Project - Arrow Transportation Systems
• Small independent cant mill west of Smithers
• Relies on purchase wood exclusively
• 68,000 m3 received
• GHG benefit = 11,500 tCO2e
= 2400 cars for 1 year
FESBC Project - Seaton Forest Products
• Grinding and hauling roadside waste Skeena/Stikine
• 21,051 m3 received
• GHG benefit = 3,500 tCO2e
= 740 cars removed for 1 year
FESBC project - Pinnacle Pellet
• Pinnacle – Nadina , Okanagan
• Coast Tsimshian Resources
• Terrace Community Forest
• Sasuchan Development Corporation
• Logan Lake CF
• CCR
• Canfor Pulp
• Cariboo Pulp
• Williams Lake Indian band
• Atlantic Power
• Mackenzie Pulp
• Skeena Bioenergy https://fesbc.ca/
Approved Interior ProjectsMost Recent Intake (6)
• Baseline project:
– mastication/prescribed burn
– cost estimate $2700/ha
• New project (FCI lens):
– tree removal contract with FLTC
– contractor paid to “log” and haul material
– CCIPB fund costs over $2700/ha
Wildfire Risk Reduction Pilot
• Outcome:
– bid price tree removal $1500/ha
– no CCIPB funds required
– less WRR funds required
– 6000 m3 utilized
– GHG benefit 1570 tCO2e = 333 cars for 1 year
Wildfire Risk Reduction Pilot
Concurrent Residual Harvest System
• Measures and prices secondary fibre efficiently
• Supports the Forest Fibre Action Plan
Emerging Opportunities – Policy
• What we thought we knew……….is old!
• We need to start thinking outside of the box
• We need to share our experiences
• Be curious reach out to CCIPB
Conclusion
Forest Carbon Branch Staff:
Brian Watson, RPF (North Area and Kootenay Boundary Region) Phone: [email protected]
Mike Madill, RPF(Thompson Okanagan and Cariboo Regions) Phone: [email protected]
Melanie Plett, RPF(Coast Area) Phone: [email protected]
Tim O’Rourke, RPFBranch Forest Carbon SpecialistPhone: [email protected]
Forest Carbon Specialists:Sara Lazaruk, RPFNorthPhone: [email protected]
Jason Hutchinson, RPFCoast Phone: [email protected]
Brent Ziegler, RPFKootenaysPhone: [email protected]
Kristen Hendry, RPFThompson OkanaganPhone: [email protected]
FCI Contacts:
Questions?
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