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Woodland, John Peter. "Volatile organic substances : ambient concentrations in Brisbane and dominant emission patterns." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1989. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/35976/1/35976_Woodland_1989.pdf.
Full textPang, Oi-ting Brenda, and 彭愷婷. "Climate change: the role of carbon dioxide." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B46732937.
Full textWyatt, Victor T. "Characterization of gas-expanded liquids." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/26006.
Full textWest, Barry Lamar. "Partitioning of solutes between supercritical CO₂ and polymer phases." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/9366.
Full textNolen, Shane Anthony. "Environmentally benign chemical processing using supercritical carbon dioxide and near-critical water." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/11011.
Full textTwiddy, Edward James. "Applications of stable carbon and oxygen isotope analysis to some aspects of coastal environmental change." Thesis, Durham University, 1996. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1582/.
Full textStettler, Marc Emil John. "Aviation emissions of black carbon and other air pollutants." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.648379.
Full textLeung, Kwun-lun, and 梁冠倫. "Ecological risk analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, black carbon and heavy metals on soils and plants from coal factories inJiyuan City, China." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45460516.
Full textXie, Xiaofeng. "CO₂-expanded liquids for separation and reaction." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/10077.
Full textWeld, Mary-Jane. "Landscape planning for rural nature conservation : maintenance of remnant vegetation and sustainable agriculture in the brigalow belt of Central Queensland." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1994.
Find full textCantin, Danielle 1967. "Response of Pinus banksiana (Lamb.) families to a global change environment." Thesis, McGill University, 1994. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=68159.
Full textThe CO$ sb2$T$ sp circ$ environment had a significant effect on most biomass components of seedlings and water-use efficiency but not on height and other growth variables. The nitrogen fertilization was generally the most significant effect of the treatments for most growth variables.
All the families responded in a similar way to variations in the growing environments except for WUE. Family differences were more important for measurements of height and growth variables than for biomass components. The architecture of seedlings was also highly variable between families. Norm of reaction graphs were built for several growth variables to outline which families were overall most successful in an enriched CO$ sb2$T$ sp circ$ environment. Of the 15 families studied, four of them were classified as most successful in a projected high CO$ sb2$T$ sp circ$ climate.
Chin, Mian. "An atmospheric study of carbonyl sulfide and carbon disulfide and their relationship to stratospheric background sulfur aerosol." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/26226.
Full textAbraham, Muriel. "Spatial variation in soil organic carbon and stable carbon isotope signature in a pasture and a primary forest in central Panamá." Thesis, McGill University, 2004. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=80159.
Full textAssuming the three sites were identical before the conversion to pasture, the difference in surface soil organic carbon (SOC) was 0.75 kg m-2 or equivalent to a loss of 0.017 kg m-2 yr -1 since the original land-use change. The control pasture is higher in bulk density but lower in percent SOC than the future plantation, which is critical to future comparisons.
The pasture soils showed signs of soil compaction and of the homogenization of soil properties. For the 7 profiles in the future plantation, total SOC mass ranged from 13.45 to 23.80 kg m-2, and stable isotopes revealed that 82% of the SOC in the top 10 cm is derived from the pasture vegetation, down to 23% at 1 m depth.
Spatially, the full scale of spatial variability was not determined from the nested grids alone. In addition, the 15 x 15 m grid in the future plantation generally over-estimated the semivariance at the scales below 3 m. The nested grids assessed the minimum measurable semivariance below 5 m.
The precision of surface estimations from point observations can be improved by adding a 5 x 5 m grid to any large-scale sampling scheme.
Lau, Pik-ha, and 劉碧霞. "An overview on the variation of sea surface pCO₂ in Northern South China Sea and its management." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/194555.
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Master of Science in Environmental Management
Li, Jun, and 李駿. "A decision tool for selecting low-carbon refurbishment solutions for multi-storey residential buildings in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/208002.
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Bastani, Parisa. "Essays in energy economics : emissions abatement, climate policy, and welfare." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.708324.
Full textMumuni, Zakari. "Assessing the Impact of Land Use and Travel on Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Portland, Oregon." PDXScholar, 2017. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4063.
Full textWong, King-wai Kelvin, and 黃景瑋. "Proteome response of barnacle larvae to CO2-driven seawater acidification." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B46475084.
Full text周剑津. "基于心理反应过程的消費者低碳消費行为的实证研究 = An empirical study on the influence of consumers' low carbon consumption behavior based on psychological reaction process." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2019. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/634.
Full textLeBlanc, David Charles. "Modeling hot running carbon monoxide emissions : a comparison of speed-based and engine-based approaches." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/20750.
Full textLi, Zhe 1974. "The environmental Kuznets curve reexamined for CO₂ emissions in Canadian manufacturing industries /." Thesis, McGill University, 2004. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=80319.
Full textAdam, Shalima. "Carbon disclosure and company performance : a portfolio performance approach." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/21194.
Full textThe objective of this research study was to investigate whether socially responsible companies that disclose their carbon emission, referred to in this research report as ‘carbon disclosure leaders’, outperform their non-disclosing counterparts, referred to in this research report as ‘carbon disclosure laggards’. This research study attempted to substantiate the relationship between companies’ carbon disclosure practices and companies’ share price performance. An empirical analysis was conducted with a focus on South African-listed Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) top-100 companies. A portfolio approach was utilised to establish if any significant relationship exists between company carbon disclosure and company share price performance. Portfolios were constructed based on companies that participated in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and were thus categorised into JSE industry sectors. It was assumed that by using industry-specific sectors, the macro-economic conditions would generally affect all companies in that specific sector in a similar way, thus enabling comparative analysis. The results from this study subsequently found, having done various analyses in terms of share price growth and carbon disclosure, that no significant correlation exists in terms of the CDP. This would, however, be correct in terms of the analysed data, which is limited at times, but cannot be necessarily inferred as a broader statement. Intuitively, it can be said that carbon disclosure and greater ratings in terms of the CDP would imply that companies are more positive in dealing with their carbon footprint, which would be more positive for their long-term existence and sustainability. Equally, it could also yield various cost savings that will translate into higher earnings and earnings per share that drive share price growth. In becoming more active in reducing the carbon footprint, companies would also reduce their risk profile since they would be better aligned to potential restrictive carbon emission legislation and improve their public profile, which could again boost profitability. Further arguments can be made to suggest that disclosure of a company’s carbon initiatives and footprint would benefit the company’s value and share price performance. Thus, having observed the outcomes of the analyses conducted in this report, the more appropriate question would be if other factors exist that could have affected the outcomes as observed and whether these factors could have overshadowed the proof that there is a positive correlation between share price growth and carbon disclosure.
Ames, Susan Eveline. "Impacts of land use on carbon storage and assimilation rates." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape2/PQDD_0021/NQ48596.pdf.
Full textChan, Shu-tim, and 陳樹添. "Feasibility study of introducing product carbon footprint labelling in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/207668.
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Curran, Patrick. "Research and development of a preliminary South African voluntary carbon standard for landscape restoration projects." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006968.
Full textNaidoo, Anesan. "Determining the carbon footprint of Sishen South Mine and evaluating the carbon reduction opportunities in the opencast mining environment." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6446.
Full textTopouzi, Marina. "Occupants' interaction with low-carbon retrofitted homes and its impact on energy use." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:ac363b69-c414-4ef8-875a-ada6a9867f8f.
Full textMaddin, Hayley Patrice Florence. "Regulating for environmental protection : a case study of the CJC inquiry into the improper disposal of liquid waste in South-East Queensland." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1996.
Find full textLam, Hei, and 林熙. "Planning and design for low-carbon public housing development in Hong Kong: an evaluation." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B49885194.
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Hou, Guolong. "The feasibility of carbon-subsidized afforestation projects : a case study of China." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2020. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/887.
Full textWaugh, Rachel Louise. "Options for achieving a 50% reduction in steel industry CO₂ emissions by 2050." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.648392.
Full textJablonski, Leanne M. "Reproductive response to elevated CO2 : the roles of vegetative carbon storage, nitrogen and seed traits." Thesis, McGill University, 1997. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=34646.
Full textJones, Rebecca S. "Carbon Dioxide as a Benign Solvent for Homogeneous Catalyst Recovery and Recycle." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/11641.
Full textSchiffman, Paula M. "Carbon storage during the regrowth and conversion of Virginia Piedmont forests." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45731.
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Patterson, Tai Zachary. "Freight shipper mode choice in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor and its impact on carbon dioxide emissions." Thesis, McGill University, 2007. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=102823.
Full textThis thesis provides background on the freight transportation-GHG nexus in Canada and describes the development, implementation, reasoning behind, and results of, a Stated Preference shipper carrier choice survey for the Quebec City - Windsor corridor conducted during the fall of 2005. It then describes how the resulting carrier choice models are used to estimate the potential to displace truck traffic to rail (premium-intermodal) under current conditions, as well as to test the effectiveness of different possible future policy or service offering scenarios.
The results show that premium-intermodal has the potential to capture a substantial share of traffic between the main destinations in the Quebec City - Windsor Corridor. However, its ability to contribute significantly to reducing CO2 emissions is limited. According to the analyses conducted, potential reductions are considered to be in the range of nil to 0.413 Mt---a fraction of what the federal government was hoping to be able to achieve through "further public-private collaboration to promote the use of intermodal freight opportunities and to increase the use of low-emission vehicles and modes" (Government of Canada 2002).
At the same time, these potential reductions are based on a small proportion of total truck-related emissions and a few city-pairs. Extension of the current analysis to more city-pairs separated by longer distances might arrive at different conclusions.
Cabena, Lori E. "Vascular land plant isolates from near-shore sediments and implications for stable isotope determination of the paleoatmosphere." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/25882.
Full textCaldecott, Benjamin. "Stranded assets and environment-related risk." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:36137d36-8392-4ce9-8a51-709bc6495a17.
Full textWearing, Catherine Louise. "Changes in fluxes of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from small catchments in central Scotland." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/368.
Full textWartena, Ryan Craig. "Generation of sodium oxide and discharge of carbon by the electrolysis of multi-component molten salt systems : a recycle process for kraft pulping chemicals." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/10281.
Full textPahwa-Gajjar, Sumetee. "Building corporate resilience : based on a case study of Spier Holding's search for a lower carbon future." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/71843.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: A study of the sustainability journey of Spier Holdings, a well known wine and leisure business in South Africa, offers a unique opportunity for interrogating corporate drivers for a lower carbon future. The business has established sustainability as a brand identity, declared carbon neutrality as a macro organisational goal in response to the global challenge of climate change, and sought scientifically and technologically appropriate ways of addressing this challenge. A preliminary analysis revealed various initiatives that are in place for measuring and reducing the business’ environmental impact, including carbon emissions. However, an in-depth study of the establishment’s environmental performance over two decades showed inconsistencies in year-on-year reporting, delays in shifting the supply chain, and gaps in implementation, particularly in the area of energy efficiency and adoption of renewable energy technology. Understanding and interrogating the business’ sustainability journey through a systems ecology and corporate citizenship framework proved inadequate. The case highlights that organizational goals for environmental performance areas, including the aim of carbon neutrality, and sustainability reporting are not sufficient catalysts for change. A complexity-based resilience approach allowed the business to be understood as an adaptive system. The sustainability story tracks different phases of a modified adaptive renewal cycle, which also determine the dominant management paradigms, strategic responses and forms of collaboration during each phase. Spier’s sustainability journey was found to be underpinned by a quest for corporate resilience which includes the resilience of the business (enterprise resilience) and of the social-ecological system within which it resides (SES resilience). The business responded to interdependent risks and uncertainties in its internal and external contexts, through investment strategies in key areas of corporate environmental performance. As a contribution to new knowledge, this thesis proposes an integrated corporate resilience framework for building enterprise resilience and ecological sustainability. This framework, and the accompanying mapping tool, reveals deep, ecological drivers for Spier’s environmental performance across corporate areas of lower carbon emissions, water sustainability, wastewater treatment, solid waste recycling and ecological custodianship. The framework is recommended for use by similar businesses, eager to configure their relationship with natural resources and ecosystem services, and by scholars, for investigating corporate performance towards environmental sustainability.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: ʼn Studie van die volhoubaarheidsonderneming van Spier Holdings, ʼn bekende wyn- en ontspanningsaak in Suid-Afrika, bied ʼn unieke geleentheid vir die ondersoek van korporatiewe aandrywers vir ʼn laer koolstoftoekoms. Die onderneming het volhoubaarheid as ʼn handelsmerkidentiteit gevestig, koolstof-neutraliteit as ʼn makro- organisatoriese doel verklaar in reaksie op die wêreldwye uitdaging van klimaatsverandering, en het wetenskaplik en tegnologies gepaste wyses gesoek om hierdie uitdaging die hoof te bied. ʼn Voorlopige analise het verskeie inisiatiewe wat gereed is vir meting en vermindering van die onderneming se omgewingsimpak aan die lig gebring, met inbegrip van koolstofvrystellings. ʼn Dieptestudie van die instelling se omgewingsprestasie oor twee dekades heen het egter inkonsekwenthede in jaar-tot-jaar-verslagdoening, vertragings in die verandering van die aanvoerketting, en gapings in implementering, in die besonder op die gebied van energiedoeltreffendheid en die ingebruikneming van hernubare energietegnologie getoon. Begrip en ondersoek van die onderneming se volhoubaarheidsonderneming aan die hand van ʼn raamwerk vir sisteemekologie en korporatiewe burgerskap het onvoldoende blyk te wees. Die geval beklemtoon dat organisatoriese doelstellings vir omgewingsprestasiegebiede, met inbegrip van die oogmerk van koolstofneutraliteit, en volhoubaarheidsverslagdoening nie voldoende katalisators vir verandering is nie. ʼn Kompleksiteitgebaseerde veerkragtigheidsbenadering het dit moontlik gemaak dat die onderneming as ʼn aanpassingstelsel beskou kan word. Die volhoubaarheidsverslag gaan verskillende fases van ʼn gewysigde aanpassings- hernuwingsiklus, wat ook die dominante bestuursparadigmas, strategiese reaksies en vorme van samewerking gedurende elke fase bepaal, na. Daar is bevind dat Spier se volhoubaarheidsonderneming onderstut word deur ʼn soeke na korporatiewe veerkragtigheid wat die veerkragtigheid van die onderneming (ondernemingsveerkragtigheid) en van die sosiaal-ekologiese stelsel waarbinne dit gesetel is (SES-veerkragtigheid) insluit. Die onderneming het op onderling afhanklike risiko’s en onsekerhede in sy interne en eksterne samehange gereageer deur beleggingstrategieë in sleutelgebiede van korporatiewe omgewingsprestasie. As ʼn bydrae tot nuwe kennis, doen hierdie tesis ʼn geïntegreerde korporatiewe veerkragtigheidsraamwerk vir die opbou van ondernemingsveerkragtigheid en ekologiese volhoubaarheid aan die hand. Hierdie raamwerk, en die gepaardgaande beskrywingsinstrument, lê diep, ekologiese aandrywers vir Spier se omgewingsprestasie oor korporatiewe gebiede van laer koolstof-vrystellings, watervolhoubaarheid, die behandeling van afloopwater, herbenutting van vaste afval en ekologiese bewaring bloot. Die raamwerk word aanbeveel vir gebruik deur soortgelyke ondernemings wat graag aan hulle verhouding met natuurlike hulpbronne en ekostelseldienste vorm wil gee, en deur vakkundiges vir die ondersoek van korporatiewe prestasie met betrekking tot omgewings-volhoubaarheid.
Sitompul, Rislima Febriani Economics Australian School of Business UNSW. "Energy-related CO2 emissions in the Indonesian manufacturing sector." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Economics, 2006. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/30434.
Full textBocken, Nancy Maria Petronella. "Reducing CO₂ emissions associated with fast moving consumer goods : development and testing of tools and frameworks." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.610070.
Full textGlenn, Aaron James, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Arts and Science. "Growing season carbon dioxide exchange of two contrasting peatland ecosystems." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2005, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/259.
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Thompson, Andrea Elizabeth. "Reactions of Bromide Ions with Atmospheric Trace Gases and Aerosols." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/10447.
Full textBennett, Kathryn C. (Kathryn Condreay). "Desorption/Diffusion of Benzene After Simulated Ground Water Remediation." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1989. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500458/.
Full textChiang, Yang-Sheng. "Estimating landscape level leaf area index and net primary productivity using field measurements, satellite imagery, and a 2-D ecophysiological model." Virtual Press, 2004. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1294241.
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Jones, Isabel L. "Legacies of tropical forest fragmentation and regeneration for biodiversity and carbon storage." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/26238.
Full textCrawford, Ian Stewart. "Catalytic reduction of nitric oxide by carbon monoxide or hydrogen over a Monel metal catalyst." Title page, contents and summary only, 1987. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09EN/09enc899.pdf.
Full textVan, Gaalen Kenneth Eric, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Arts and Science. "Photosynthetic CO2 exchange and spectral vegetation indices of boreal mosses." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2005, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/293.
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Ndalowa, Dan. "Evaluation of carbon accounting models for plantation forestry in South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86247.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: The role that forestry plays in climate change mitigation is well recognized by countries that ratified the Kyoto protocol agreement. Though climate change mitigation strategies provide a strong incentive to quantify current patterns of forest carbon sources and sinks, this exercise (carbon accounting) is not as simple as it sounds. This is proven by the vast number of techniques and methodologies available, from models to softwares programmes created in response to the need to estimate carbon sequestration. The study aimed at gaining an understanding of the current carbon sequestration estimation methodology and models in use by the South African Forestry Industry. A survey was undertaken amongst forestry industry stakeholders in which 77% of respondents agreed to the need for a carbon sequestration model for South Africa. This model should have qualities that the forestry industry and all stakeholders agreed with. . A search of freely available models and software was conducted. The aim was to find freely available model(s) that would be readily applicable and adoptable to South African conditions. A Multi Criteria Analysis was carried out using “ideal qualities” for a carbon model as weighting. This resulted in the selection of two models, CASMOFOR and CBM CFS 3, which obtained the highest sum product total from the analysis. These together with FICAT, which came as a recommendation from the questionnaire survey, were compared in the analysis. Carbon values were calculated from yield table volumes by Kotze et al. (2012). A conversion of these volumes to biomass and carbon was done using Dovey (2009) biomass expansion factors and a biomass to carbon conversion value of 0.5 g C/g dry matter, following procedures by Matthews (1993). The first comparison was made on how the model results related to the yield table estimates from Kotze et al. (2012). When carbon values were compared per hectare, it was found that the FICAT model differed significantly from the rest. A second comparison looked at the models’ prediction of the carbon accumulated in NCT’s Enon plantation outside Pietermaritzburg. The Hungarian model, CASMOFOR, was the better predictor as it produced the lowest Mean Squared Error (MSE). Based on the results from the survey and model analysis a number of recommendations can be made regarding the current carbon accounting situation in South Africa. One of the main recommendations is that information sharing among the industry’s stakeholders should improve if the industry is to reach consensus on which methodology to adopt in their business practices.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die rol wat bosbou speel in klimaatsverandering-bekamping is welbekend onder lande wat die Kyoto protokol ooreenkoms onderteken het. Alhoewel klimaatsverandering-bekamping strategieë ‘n sterk aansporing bied om huidige patrone van woudkoolstof bronne en sinkte te kwantifiseer, is hierdie oefening nie so maklik soos dit klink nie. Die bewys hiervan is die groot aantal tegnieke en metodes, wat wissel van modelle tot sagteware programme wat ontwikkel is om koolstofsekwistrasie te meet. Die doelwit van die studie was om die huidige koolstofsekwistrasie metodes en modelle wat deur die Suid Afrikaanse Bosbou Bedryf gebruik word, beter te verstaan. ‘n Vraelysopname is onderneem onder bosbou-industrie deelnemers, waarin 77% van respondente saamgestem het dat dit nodig is dat Suid Afrika ‘n koolstofsekwistrasie model moet hê. Die model moet eienskappe hê waarmee die bosbou-industrie en alle deelnemers saamstem. ‘n Soektog na vrylik beskikbare koolstofmodelle en sagteware programme is onderneem. Die doelwit was om modelle te vind wat geredelik aangepas kan word vir Suid Afrikaanse toestande. ‘n Multi-kriteria analise is uitgevoer met die “ideale eienskappe”vir ‘n koolstofmodel as gewigte. Die resultaat was die seleksie van twee modelle, CASMOFOR en CBM CFS 3, wat die hoogste telling in die ontleding behaal het. Hierdie modelle, tesame met FICAT, wat aanbeveel is deur respondente van die vraelys opname, is vergelyk in ‘n ontleding. Koolstofwaardes is bereken vanaf opbrengstabelle wat deur Kotze et al. (2012) ontwikkel is. Die omsetting van hierdie volumes na biomassa en koolstof is gedoen deur Dovey (2009) se biomassa uitbreidingsfaktore en ‘n biomassa na koolstof omsettings faktor van 0.5 g C/g droëmassa te gebruik (Matthews, 1993). In die eerste vergelyking van die modelle is gekyk hoe die modelle vergelyk met koolstof berekeninge vanaf die Kotze et al. (2012) opbrengstabelle. Wanneer koolstofwaardes per hektaar vergelyk word is gevind dat FICAT beduidend verskil van die ander modelle. In ‘n tweede vergelyking is gekyk na hoe die modelle die koolstof wat in NCT se Enon plantasie buite Pietermaritzburg versamel is, voorspel. Die Hongaarse CASMOFOR model was die beste voorspeller. Anders as die FICAT en CBM CFS 3 modelle het dit die laagste Gemiddelde Vierkante Fout gehad. Na gelang van die resultate van die vraelysopname en die modelontleding kan ‘n aantal aanbevelings gemaak word oor die huidige koolstofberekening situasie in Suid Afrika. Een van die hoof aanbevelings is dat die uitruil van inligting tussen industrie deelnemers moet verbeter as die bedryf eenstemmigheid oor die metode van koolstofberekening wil bereik.