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Effects of national ecological restoration projects on carbon sequestration in China from 2001 to 2010

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 16 Apr 2018Publisher:Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesJournal:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, volume 115, pages 4,039-4,044 (issn: 0027-8424, eissn: 1091-6490,

Authors: Wanjun Zhang; Jiansheng Cao; Yongfei Bai; Guohua Liu; Jiaojun Zhu; Chao Zhang; Bingfang Wu; +28 Authors

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1700294115

pmid: 29666317

pmc: PMC5910802

Effects of national ecological restoration projects on carbon sequestration in China from 2001 to 2010

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Abstract

Significance 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 we 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.

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Keywords

Carbon Sequestration, China, Conservation of Natural Resources, Forests, Plants, Grassland, Carbon, Soil, Water Movements, Humans, Biomass, Ecosystem, Program Evaluation

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