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Changes in forest biomass carbon storage in China between 1949 and 1998.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Fang, Jin Chen, Anhe Peng, Changhui Zhao, Shengli Ci, Long-Jun |
| Copyright Year | 2001 |
| Abstract | The location and mechanisms responsible for the carbon sink in northern mid-latitude lands are uncertain. Here, we used an improved estimation method of forest biomass and a 50-year national forest resource inventory in China to estimate changes in the storage of living biomass between 1949 and 1998. Our results suggest that Chinese forests released about 0.68 petagram of carbon between 1949 and 1980, for an annual emission rate of 0.022 petagram of carbon. Carbon storage increased significantly after the late 1970s from 4.38 to 4.75 petagram of carbon by 1998, for a mean accumulation rate of 0.021 petagram of carbon per year, mainly due to forest expansion and regrowth. Since the mid-1970s, planted forests (afforestation and reforestation) have sequestered 0.45 petagram of carbon, and their average carbon density increased from 15.3 to 31.1 megagrams per hectare, while natural forests have lost an additional 0.14 petagram of carbon, suggesting that carbon sequestration through forest management practices addressed in the Kyoto Protocol could help offset industrial carbon dioxide emissions. |
| Starting Page | 1 |
| Ending Page | 10 |
| Page Count | 10 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.crc.uqam.ca/Peng/PDF/Fang%20et%20al_2001_Science.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 11423660v1 |
| Volume Number | 292 |
| Issue Number | 5525 |
| Journal | Science |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Biomass Bronchopulmonary Sequestration Carbon Dioxide Emission - Male genitalia finding Forests Hectare LYSP100-associated nuclear domain |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
