Authors:
Lu, F., H. Hu, W. Sun, J. Zhu, G. Liu, W. Zhou, Q. Zhang, P. Shi, X. Liu, X. Wu, L. Zhang, X. Wei, L. Dai, K. Zhang, Y. Sun, S. Xue, W. Zhang, D. Xiong, L. Deng, B. Liu, L. Zhou, C. Zhang, X. Zheng, J. Cao, Y. Huang, N. He, G. Zhou, Y. Bai, Z. Xie, Z. Tang, B. Wu, J. Fang, G. Liu, G. Yu
Publication Date:
2018
Abstract/Summary:
China has launched six key ecological restoration projects since the late 1970s, but the contribution of these projects to terrestrial C sequestration remains unknown. In this study the authors examined the ecosystem C sink in the project area (∼16% of the country’s land area) and evaluated the project-induced C sequestration. The total annual C sink in the project area between 2001 and 2010 was estimated to be 132 Tg C per y, over half of which (74 Tg C per y, 56%) was caused by the implementation of the six projects. This finding indicates that the implementation of the ecological restoration projects in China has significantly increased ecosystem C sequestration across the country.
Resource Type:
Peer-reviewed Article
Source:
PNAS
Link:
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/04/10/1700294115