Forest carbon accounting team

Monitoring forest ecosystem carbon stocks and carbon stock changes is a complex and data intensive process. Over the past decades, the Canadian Forest Service (CFS) has relied on the Carbon Budget Model of the Canadian Forest Sector (CBM-CFS3), a research tool developed by Dr. Mike Apps (retired) and Dr. Werner Kurz. The CBM-CFS3 simulates past, present as well as future carbon dynamics at national, provincial and operational scales within Canada.

Both scientists have had leading roles on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and have contributed to:

• the IPCC Special Report on Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry
• the IPCC Good Practice Guidance for Land use, Land-use Change and Forestry
• the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
• several IPCC Assessment Reports

Through his ongoing involvement with the IPCC, Dr. Kurz is continuing to ensure that the CBM-CFS3 model and new Generic Carbon Budget Model, remain compliant with international accounting and reporting guidelines. Ongoing work by the CFS forest carbon accounting team on these scientific models ensures that each incorporates the best available science on forest ecosystem carbon dynamics.

Members of the CFS forest carbon accounting team:

• Winnifred Hays-Byl, Director, Forest Innovation & Dynamics
• Jason Edwards, Director, Climate Change Research
• Werner Kurz, Senior Research Scientist (team leader)
• Juha Metsaranta, Research Scientist
• Andrew Dyk, Deforestation Monitoring Coordinator
• Max Fellows, Computer Scientist
• Mark Hafer, Physical Scientist, Carbon Accounting and Reporting
• Oleksandra (Sasha) Hararuk, Forest Carbon Research Scientist - Soils
• Benjamin Hudson, Manager, Carbon Accounting and Reporting
• Stephen Kull, Carbon Modelling Extension Forester
• Michael Magnan, Computer Scientist
• Scott Morken, Computer Programmer
• Eric Neilson, Forest Carbon Lifecycle Analyst
• Stephanie Ortlepp, Monitoring Analyst
• Carolyn Smyth, Research Scientist
• Sally Tinis, Deforestation Specialist
• Piotr Tompalski, Research Scientist
• Mihai Voicu, Forest Research Officer
• Dr. Sheng Xie, Research Scientist
• Gary Zhang, Computer Programmer – Scientific Model Applications