Study on the Analysis of Forest Sink Policy against Climate Change in Major Countries

The analysis of forest sink policies against climate change in major advanced nations including EU, Japan, New Zealand, the USA, and Australia showed that EU, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and so forth pushed forward with the forest sink policies by laying emphasis on the change of land usage such as afforestation and reforestation while Japan is focusing on forest management activities. This tendency is attributed to the fact that Japan does not have much land for additional new forestation or reforestation similar to Korea. Also, forest sink policies of major advanced countries excluding EU which does not approve the use of emission rights generated through forest sink projects are pushing forward with forest sink expansion policies in connection with the forest related carbon offset projects. Under the circumstances, Korea needs to participate in the emission trading scheme in the future through carbon offset project to realize sustainable forest management and expand forest sink.