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Carbon Accounting Model for Forests (CAMFor) User Manual Version 3.35

National Carbon Accounting System - Technical Report No. 26

Gary Richards and David Evans, November 2000

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Abstract

The Carbon Accounting Model for Forests (CAMFor) is a model developed for the Australian Greenhouse Office (AGO) for tracking the carbon associated with a stand of trees. CAMFor Estate is a related model that allows for the summing of estates (composites of different stand types) and for the derivation of a carbon ledger across a composite of estates. CAMFor calculates the carbon flows associated with a stand of trees,including the wood products made from wood harvested from that stand. It calculates the carbon in the various tree,debris,soil and product components,and the carbon exchanged with the atmosphere,for several hundred years - through thinnings,multiple rotations,and fires.