Land use, total carbon emissions change and low carbon land management in Coastal Jiangsu, China

The influence of rapid urbanization and land use changes on terrestrial carbon sources/sinks in Guangzhou, China

“…The study evaluated carbon emissions from human activities, mainly produced from energy consumption, industrial production processes, solid waste emissions, and wastewater emissions; carbon emissions resulting from agricultural production (such as from straw burning) were disregarded. We used the calculation methods mainly given by the IPCC (2006) and Chuai et al (2015):…”

“…Land use management methods and government policies and measures will greatly influence whether soil functions as a carbon source or sink (Alicia et al, 2011;Page et al, 2014;Gabarron et al, 2015). Studies of optimized land use structure for low carbon emissions have identified prerequisites for not affecting economic development; these include establishing regional optimal low carbon targets, regulation of land use types, quantities and structures (Chuai et al, 2015;Accorsi et al, 2016), and (through the regional sustainable development approach to eco-environmental modeling) adjustment of industrial structure, urban space layout, and other such factors to improve the regional carbon cycle, promote regional low carbon economic development, and enable sustainable utilization (Liu et al, 2011).…”

The Carbon Sequestration Potential of Degraded Agricultural Land in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia

“…The highest proportion of terrestrial carbon is stored in forest ecosystems [1]. Thus forests are important to balance global carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) [2][3][4]. Human activities are important considerations because land use change and forest management directly affect the forest conditions and thus the carbon cycle.…”

Estimating cropland carbon mitigation potentials in China affected by three improved cropland practices

“…Many studies have examined how improved cropland practices reduce carbon emissions in China (Xu et al 2011;Yan et al 2015;Chuai et al 2015;Ponsioen and Blonk 2012;Wang et al 2014Wang et al , 2015Nayak et al 2015), including conservation tillage (Cheng et al 2014;Xu et al 2012;Han et al 2010;Wu et al 2007), crop straw management (Lu et al 2009(Lu et al 2010Cheng et al 2013;Huang et al 2013), manure inputs Shen et al 2007;Zhu et al 2012), organic farming (Ouyang et al 2011), and crop rotation (Huang et al 2012). From these studies, the potential of Chinese agriculture for carbon sequestration was estimated to range from 0.4 to 0.9 Pg C yr -1 (Pan et al 2003;Han et al 2005;Yan et al 2007;Lu et al 2009).…”