Abstract

A prediction estimate of the economic consequences of climate change for forestry in the subjects of the Russian Federation at the end of the 21st century was made. The estimate is based on mass ensemble calculations of climate changes with high spatial resolution. Due to the expected growth in productivity, stock of coniferous and hardwood timber will increase, which may lead to an increase in the economic evaluation of forests. As a result of climate-related fire risk changes in the subjects of Russia, an increase in the total amount of forest fires extinguishing costs by the end of the century is expected. An economic evaluation of possible damage shows that, on average in Russia, the amount of forest fires extinguishing costs can increase with the realization of radiation exposure scenarios RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5, respectively, with an accumulated amount of 211.114 thousand rubles and 248.956 thousand rubles.

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Title
The economic consequences of future climate change in the forest sector of Russia
Author
Torzhkov, I O 1 ; Kushnir, E A 1 ; Konstantinov, A V 2 ; Koroleva, T S 1 ; Efimov, S V 3 ; Shkolnik, I M 3 

 Research department, Saint Petersburg Forestry Research Institute, 21 Institutsky Prospect, Saint Petersburg 194021, Russian Federation 
 Research department, Saint Petersburg Forestry Research Institute, 21 Institutsky Prospect, Saint Petersburg 194021, Russian Federation; Dynamic Meteorology Department, Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory, 7 Karbyshev Street, 194021 Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation 
 Dynamic Meteorology Department, Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory, 7 Karbyshev Street, 194021 Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation 
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Jan 2019
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17551307
e-ISSN
17551315
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2557508161
Copyright
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