Articles | Volume 19, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-2989-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-2989-2022
Research article
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21 Jun 2022
Research article |  | 21 Jun 2022

Updated estimation of forest biomass carbon pools in China, 1977–2018

Chen Yang, Yue Shi, Wenjuan Sun, Jiangling Zhu, Chengjun Ji, Yuhao Feng, Suhui Ma, Zhaodi Guo, and Jingyun Fang

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Quantifying China's forest biomass C pool is important in understanding C cycling in forests. However, most of studies on forest biomass C pool were limited to the period of 2004–2008. Here, we used a biomass expansion factor method to estimate C pool from 1977 to 2018. The results suggest that afforestation practices, forest growth, and environmental changes were the main drivers of increased C sink. Thus, this study provided an essential basis for achieving China's C neutrality target.
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