The Impact of Land Use on Soil Properties and Structure of Ecosystem Carbon Stocks in the Middle Taiga Subzone of Karelia

Effects of vegetation restoration on ecosystem carbon storage and distribution pattern in semi-arid mining area

“…Terrestrial ecosystems are one of the Earth's most important carbon sinks. Enhancing the carbon sink capacity of terrestrial ecosystems can effectively absorb and remove excess CO 2 from the atmosphere and mitigate the greenhouse effect [2] Degradation or restoration of vegetation in terrestrial ecosystems is often accompanied by carbon emissions and carbon sinks [3] . It is estimated that China's terrestrial ecosystems sequestered an average of about 1.1 billion tons of carbon per year between 2010 and 2016, reaching about 45% of carbon emissions in the same period, with ecological projects such as the vegetation restoration of degraded land and the return of farmland to forest and grass contributing the vast majority of ecosystem carbon sinksK.…”