Creșterea contribuției pădurilor la stocarea bioxidului de carbon prin măsuri adecvate de gospodărire: o abordare pan-europeană [Enhancing the forest contribution to CO mitigation by adequate management: 2 a pan-European approach]

The paper summarizes the methodological background and the main outcomes of the FORMIT project (Forest Management Options for Enhancing the Mitigation Potential for European Forest), an FP7 undertaking run by Wageningen University and employing 11 participants (research institutes and universities). Because this research note was published before having the final deliverables approved by the Commission we have confined our presentation the methodological challenges the project team had to dealt with and the main results of the Life Cycle Assessment component, which is by far the most interesting and provocative contribution of the project to drafting a post-Kyoto agenda for forestry. Because many results are based on a very consistent use of rough data coming from national forest inventories, and the Romanian partner had not made use of a great deal of data which might have contributed to a better evaluation of the growth potential of Romanian forests, the methodological background was thoroughly explained in Romanian language.