Carbon Stock, Afforestation and Acidic Deposition: An Analysis of Inter-Relation with Reference to Arid Areas

Changes in ecosystem carbon stocks following grassland afforestation of semiarid sandy soil in the southeastern Keerqin Sandy Lands, China

“…The restoration of degraded arid and semiarid lands by the reintroduction of woody species has become a worldwide method for protecting soils, combating desertification, supplying natural resources, and increasing C sequestration (Grü nzweig et al, 2003;Kumar et al, 2001;Maestre and Cortina, 2004;Nosetto et al, 2006). However, there is little documented evidence to indicate the likely impacts of grassland afforestation on soil C stocks in arid and semiarid regions.…”

Effects of Afforestation on Carbon Stocks in Fandoghloo Forest Area

“…Therefore, more research needed to understand the accumulation potential of SOC under afforestation in degraded grasslands (Varamesh et al, 2014). The afforestation could be a very useful method for restoring degraded soils and ecosystems (IPCC, 2000) and in the global scale, this method is considered as soil conservation , desertification ,and an increase of carbon stock (Kumar et al, 2001;Maestre and Cortina, 2004;Nosetto et al, 2006). In a study, Giuffre et al (2003) obtained significant differences by evaluating of soil organic carbon between the afforested regions compared with the rangeland in the Patagonia, Argentina.…”