Nature – Yue et al. (2024): Contributions of ecological restoration policies to China’s land carbon balance
Chao Yue, Mengyang Xu, Philippe Ciais, Shu Tao, Huizhong Shen, Jinfeng Chang, Wei Li, Lei Deng, Junhao He, Yi Leng, Yu Li, Jiaming Wang, Can Xu, Han Zhang, Pengyi Zhang, Liankai Zhang, Jie Zhao, Lei Zhu, Shilong Piao IN: Nature Communications, 15, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54100-9
Contributions of past management changes to the current global and regional carbon cycles remain unclear. Here, the authors use vegetation modelling to reveal how a portfolio of ecological restoration policies has impacted China’s terrestrial carbon balance through developing counterfactual ‘no-policy’ scenarios.