Qin et al. (2024): Forest carbon storage and sink estimates under different management scenarios in China from 2020 to 2100
Jianghuan Qin, Pengju Liu, Adam R. Martin, Weifeng Wang, Yuancai Lei, Haikui Li IN: Science of The Total Environment 927, 172076, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172076
Forests play a crucial role in mitigating climate change through carbon storage and sequestration, though environmental change drivers and management scenarios are likely to influence these contributions across multiple spatial and temporal scales. In this study, we employed three tree growth models—the Richard, Hossfeld, and Korf models—that account for the biological characteristics of trees, alongside national forest inventory datasets from 1994 to 2018, to evaluate the carbon sink potential of existing forests and afforested regions in China from 2020 to 2100, assuming multiple afforestation and forest management scenarios.