Toward the Construction of an Efficient Link Between Forest Recycling and Paper Recycling Using Trees with High Performance for Paper Recycling

Abstract

After the Kyoto Protocol, considerable attentions have been paid on forests in the context of climate change. Forests have a key role in balancing society’s need for wood-based products and protecting our environment by increasing net carbon sequestration in terrestrial carbon sinks removing atmospheric CO₂. The sustainably managed forests area is 187 million ha in 2000 and gains 4.5 million ha/year all over the world [1]. One of the forest management, the elite tree selection can improve forests in growth providing an effective way to remove more atmospheric CO₂. However, since carbon sequestration is at its best in growing young trees, recycling forests by harvesting and planting trees are essential.