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2012 , Vol. 3 >Issue 3: 193 - 201

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5814/j.issn.1674-764x.2012.03.001

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Huge Carbon Sequestration Potential in Global Forests

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  • 1 Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing 100101, China;
    2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Received date: 2012-04-05

  Revised date: 2012-05-14

  Online published: 2012-09-27

Supported by

the National Basic Research Program of China (2010CB833504), the CAS Strategic Priority Research Program(XDA05050600), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30590381)

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Abstract

Forests play an important role in mitigating climate change by absorbing carbon from atmosphere.The global forests sequestrated 2.4±0.4 PgCy-1 from 1990 to 2007, while the quantitative assessment on the carbon sequestration potential (CSP) of global forests has much uncertainty.We collected and compiled a database of site above-ground biomass (AGB) of global mature forests, and obtained AGB carbon carrying capacity (CCC) of global forests by interpolating global mature forest site data.The results show that:(i) at a global scale, the AGB of mature forests decline mainly from tropical forests to boreal forests, and the maximum AGB occurs in middle latitude regions; (ii) temperature and precipitation are main factors influencing the AGB of mature forests; and (iii) the above-ground biomass CCC of global forests is about 586.2±49.3 Pg C, and with CSP of 313.4 Pg C.Therefore, achieving CCC of the existing forests by reducing human disturbance is an option for mitigating greenhouse gas emission.

Key words： climatic gradient; global forests; mature forest; above-ground biomass (AGB); carbon carrying; capacity (CCC); carbon sequestration potential (CSP)

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LIU Yingchun, YU Guirui, WANG Qiufeng, ZHANG Yangjian . Huge Carbon Sequestration Potential in Global Forests[J]. Journal of Resources and Ecology, 2012 , 3(3) : 193 -201 . DOI: 10.5814/j.issn.1674-764x.2012.03.001

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