Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential
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AbstractForests are a substantial terrestrial carbon sink, but anthropogenic changes in land use and climate have considerably reduced the scale of this system1. Remote-sensing estimates to quantify carbon losses from global forests2–5 are characterized by considerable uncertainty and we lack a comprehensive ground-sourced evaluation to benchmark these estimates. Here we combine several ground-sourced6 and satellite-derived approaches2,7,8 to evaluate the scale of the global forest carbon potential outside agricultural and urban lands. Despite regional variation, the predictions demonstrated remarkable consistency at a global scale, with only a 12% difference between the ground-sourced and satellite-derived estimates. At present, global forest carbon storage is markedly under the natural potential, with a total deficit of 226 Gt (model range = 151–363 Gt) in areas with low human footprint. Most (61%, 139 Gt C) of this potential is in areas with existing forests, in which ecosystem protection can allow forests to recover to maturity. The remaining 39% (87 Gt C) of potential lies in regions in which forests have been removed or fragmented. Although forests cannot be a substitute for emissions reductions, our results support the idea2,3,9 that the conservation, restoration and sustainable management of diverse forests offer valuable contributions to meeting global climate and biodiversity targets.
- Ghent University Belgium
- University of Göttingen Germany
- Seoul National University Korea (Republic of)
- National Institute of Amazonian Research Brazil
- Norwegian University of Life Sciences Norway
550, SPATIALLY EXPLICIT, Forests, URBAN AREA, Global Warming, Carbon sink, Forest, Carbon storage, CARBON SEQUESTRATION, CARBON STORAGE, SDG 13 - Climate Action, Climate change, LAND USE, Climate-change mitigation, SDG 15 - Life on Land, Global and Planetary Change, HUMAN, Carbon cycle, Remote sensing, Sostenibilidad, Sustainability, Sustainable Development/trends, Restoration, [SDE]Environmental Sciences, Global Warming/prevention & control, Physical Sciences, ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, Carbono Forestal, Environmental Restoration and Remediation/trends, 570, Conservation of Natural Resources/statistics & numerical data, Restoration ecology, Carbon Sequestration, Conservation of Natural Resources, restoration, Forest Ecology, Life on Land, CARBON CYCLING, 577, Veterinary and Food Sciences, Forest Carbon Sequestration, 333, Biodiversidad, Article, Environmental science, REMOTE SENSING, Resource Conservation, Bosques Primarios, Conservación de los Recursos, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, Settore BIO/07 - ECOLOGIA, Ecología Forestal, Humans, NONHUMAN, ASSESSMENT METHOD, Global Forest Transition, Biology, Ecosystem, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Agricultural, GLOBAL CLIMATE, carbon storage, Carbon, Climate Change Impacts on Forest Carbon Sequestration, PROCEDURES, Ecological Applications, FOS: Biological sciences, Cambio Climático, Environmental Science, BIODIVERSITY, ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION, Forest ecology, SOIL CARBON, [SDE] Environmental Sciences, Carbon sequestration, Pérdidas de Carbono, Sumideros de Carbono, CLIMATE CHANGE, Land-use Change, 580 Plants (Botany), Estimation of Forest Biomass and Carbon Stocks, Environmental protection, BIOMASS, Remote Sensing, CARBON, natural forest, carbon potential, global, FORESTS, CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Teledetección, HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT), Human Activities, Environmental resource management, Environmental Restoration and Remediation, Multidisciplinary, Ecology, Forestry Sciences, Global warming, WORLDS, HUMANS, LAND-USE CHANGE, Biodiversity, Sustainable Development, biodivers, Restauración, FOREST, EMISSION CONTROL, MAP, Primary Forests, Biomass Estimation, ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS, General Science & Technology, Climate Change, Carbon/analysis, mature forest, Greenhouse gas, MANAGEMENT, Life Science, Forest, ARTICLE, Carbon Sinks, General, CARBON EMISSION, tree biomass, CLIMATE-CHANGE MITIGATION, Forest Site Productivity, Carbon dioxide, Earth and Environmental Sciences, PATTERNS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, cavelab, ECOSYSTEM, Cambio de Uso de la Tierra, VEGETATION, Drivers and Impacts of Tropical Deforestation, Environmental Sciences, Carbon Losses, Forest Carbon, ddc: ddc:630, ddc: ddc:
550, SPATIALLY EXPLICIT, Forests, URBAN AREA, Global Warming, Carbon sink, Forest, Carbon storage, CARBON SEQUESTRATION, CARBON STORAGE, SDG 13 - Climate Action, Climate change, LAND USE, Climate-change mitigation, SDG 15 - Life on Land, Global and Planetary Change, HUMAN, Carbon cycle, Remote sensing, Sostenibilidad, Sustainability, Sustainable Development/trends, Restoration, [SDE]Environmental Sciences, Global Warming/prevention & control, Physical Sciences, ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, Carbono Forestal, Environmental Restoration and Remediation/trends, 570, Conservation of Natural Resources/statistics & numerical data, Restoration ecology, Carbon Sequestration, Conservation of Natural Resources, restoration, Forest Ecology, Life on Land, CARBON CYCLING, 577, Veterinary and Food Sciences, Forest Carbon Sequestration, 333, Biodiversidad, Article, Environmental science, REMOTE SENSING, Resource Conservation, Bosques Primarios, Conservación de los Recursos, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, Settore BIO/07 - ECOLOGIA, Ecología Forestal, Humans, NONHUMAN, ASSESSMENT METHOD, Global Forest Transition, Biology, Ecosystem, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Agricultural, GLOBAL CLIMATE, carbon storage, Carbon, Climate Change Impacts on Forest Carbon Sequestration, PROCEDURES, Ecological Applications, FOS: Biological sciences, Cambio Climático, Environmental Science, BIODIVERSITY, ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION, Forest ecology, SOIL CARBON, [SDE] Environmental Sciences, Carbon sequestration, Pérdidas de Carbono, Sumideros de Carbono, CLIMATE CHANGE, Land-use Change, 580 Plants (Botany), Estimation of Forest Biomass and Carbon Stocks, Environmental protection, BIOMASS, Remote Sensing, CARBON, natural forest, carbon potential, global, FORESTS, CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Teledetección, HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT), Human Activities, Environmental resource management, Environmental Restoration and Remediation, Multidisciplinary, Ecology, Forestry Sciences, Global warming, WORLDS, HUMANS, LAND-USE CHANGE, Biodiversity, Sustainable Development, biodivers, Restauración, FOREST, EMISSION CONTROL, MAP, Primary Forests, Biomass Estimation, ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS, General Science & Technology, Climate Change, Carbon/analysis, mature forest, Greenhouse gas, MANAGEMENT, Life Science, Forest, ARTICLE, Carbon Sinks, General, CARBON EMISSION, tree biomass, CLIMATE-CHANGE MITIGATION, Forest Site Productivity, Carbon dioxide, Earth and Environmental Sciences, PATTERNS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, cavelab, ECOSYSTEM, Cambio de Uso de la Tierra, VEGETATION, Drivers and Impacts of Tropical Deforestation, Environmental Sciences, Carbon Losses, Forest Carbon, ddc: ddc:630, ddc: ddc:
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