Impacts of Climate Change on Forest Carbon Sink Assessment in China
Forests are the primary terrestrial carbon sinks,and carbon sequestration through forests is one of the most cost-effective and viable ways of mitigating the rise in atmospheric CO2 concentrations and global warming.We analyzed current research on the assessment of forest carbon stocks and carbon sinks in China,highlighting the challenges and urgent issues that need to be addressed in the future assessment of carbon sinks in the context of climate change.Climate change affects forest biomass carbon and soil organic carbon by altering forest succession,stand structure,age dynamics,and land suitability.Current assessments fail to comprehensively account for these factors,and primarily focus on estimating biomass carbon pools,with limited evaluation of soil carbon sequestration potential.There is an urgent need for a comprehensive consideration of climate change's overall impact on forest carbon sinks,as well as the long-term effects of synergistic enhancements in forest biomass and soil carbon pools.Consequently,future research should prioritize understanding carbon sequestration mechanisms and enhancing existing methodologies to support accurate predictions and improvements of China's forest carbon sinks.
forestscarbon storagecarbon sinksuccessionage of standland suitabilitycarbon sequestration potential
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