Carbon storage and sequestration of national key ecological restoration programs in China: An introduction to special issue

Li, Guohua

doi:10.1007/s11769-014-0695-0

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“…() reported that in China, afforestation caused a net carbon sequestration of 28.15 Tg C/year averagely in forest biomass from 1950 to 2010. Liu and Wu () comprehensively reported the carbon storage and sequestration of the National Key Ecological Restoration Programs, and specific studies have shown that the amount of forest carbon sequestered via the implementation of the Natural Forest Conservation Program, Grain for Green Program, and Three‐North Shelterbelt at provincial or regional scales were 3.6, 2.4, and 1.5 Tg C/year, respectively (Chen, Zhang, Zhang, & Wan, ; Liu, Li, Ouyang, Tam, & Chen, ; Liu et al, ). Proper ecological management, such as the implementation of ecological stewardship projects, might also raise the FBC via ecological reservation, restoration, and construction measures (Liu et al., ; Ouyang et al., ).…”

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Human influence on the temporal dynamics and spatial distribution of forest biomass carbon in China

Liu

Luo

et al. 2017

Ecology and Evolution

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Global carbon cycles are impacted by human activity primarily via fossil fuel combustion and forest carbon budget alterations. In this study, the temporal dynamics and spatial distribution of forest biomass carbon (FBC) stock and density in China were analyzed to assess the large‐scale effects of humans on FBC. The results indicated that from 1977 to 2013, the FBC stock increased by 62.9%, from 4,335 to 7,064 Tg C, owing to human‐driven forestation and ecological restoration programs. Because of intensive human impacts, 44.2%–54.6% of the FBC stock was concentrated in four provinces (Heilongjiang, Yunnan, Inner Mongolia, and Sichuan) and the FBC density increased from the densely populated southeastern provinces to the sparsely populated northeastern and western provinces. On a spatial scale, the FBC density was significantly negatively related to population density, and the degree of the dependence of the FBC density on population density has been declining since 1998. This improvement in human–forest relations is related to economic development and programs in China that have promoted forestation and reduced deforestation. These results suggest that human impacts, including forestation, deforestation, population density, and economic development, have played significant roles in determining the temporal and spatial variations of FBC in the anthropogenic era. Moreover, our findings have implications for forest management and improvement of the forest carbon sink in China.

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