Trees Are Shape Shifters by Andrew S. Mathews

Author:Andrew S. Mathews
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2022-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Figure 58. Net Primary Productivity of Italian forests. Darker areas are more productive: Chirici, Gherardo, Marta Chiesi, Piermaria Corona, Nicola Puletti, Matteo Mura, and Fabio Maselli. (Reprinted by permission from Springer Nature, copyright 2015. “Prediction of Forest NPP in Italy by the Combination of Ground and Remote Sensing Data.” European Journal of Forest Research 134, no. 3 [2015]: 453–67. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-015-0864-4)

This image was deeply political, as the scientists who produced it were well aware. It showed how much and where carbon was being absorbed across the Italian landscape. The location of carbon absorption was of interest to European Union policymakers, to the national and regional government, and to biomass energy entrepreneurs who were trying to build a sustainable energy system in Italy. This image implicitly called for regional or national institutions to manage this carbon, what STS scholar Sheila Jasanoff calls the coproduction of knowledge and political authority.23 As we shall see, efforts to map carbon stored in forests inspire state efforts to support biomass energy plants.

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