Effects of national ecological restoration projects on carbon sequestration in China from 2001 to 2010
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Significance China has launched six key ecological restoration projects since the late 1970s, but the contribution of these projects to terrestrial C sequestration remains unknown. In this study we examined the ecosystem C sink in the project area (∼16% of the country’s land area) and evaluated the project-induced C sequestration. The total annual C sink in the project area between 2001 and 2010 was estimated to be 132 Tg C per y, over half of which (74 Tg C per y, 56%) was caused by the implementation of the six projects. This finding indicates that the implementation of the ecological restoration projects in China has significantly increased ecosystem C sequestration across the country.
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The total annual C sink of the project area was 132 Tg C year−1 in 2001-2010, over half attributed to implementation of these projects.
“The total annual C sink of the project area was 132 Tg C year−1 in 2001–2010, over half of which was attributed to the implementation of these projects.176”
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Since the late 1970s, China has implemented six major ecological restoration projects covering 44.8% of China's forests and 23.2% of its grasslands.
“Since the late 1970s, China has implemented six major ecological restoration projects, covering 44.8% of China's forests and 23.2% of its grasslands.175,176”
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- Authors
- Lu, F., Hu, H., Sun, W., Zhu, J., Liu, G., Zhou, W., Zhang, Q., Shi, P., Liu, X., Wu, X., Zhang, L., Wei, X., Dai, L., Zhang, K., Sun, Y., Xue, S., Zhang, W., Xiong, D., Deng, L., Liu, B., Zhou, L., Zhang, C., Zheng, X., Cao, J., Huang, Y., He, N., Zhou, G., Bai, Y., Xie, Z., Tang, Z., Wu, B., Fang, J., Liu, G., & Yu, G.
- Affiliations
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus (CA)
- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau (CN)
- Peking University (CN)
- ORCID
- Lu, Fei
- Hu, Huifeng
- Sun, Wenjuan
- Zhu, Jiaojun
- Liu, Guobin
- Zhou, Wangming
- Zhang, Quanfa
- Shi, Peili
- Liu, Xiuping
- Wu, Xing
- Zhang, Lu
- Wei, Xiaohua
- Zhang, Kerong
- Sun, Yirong
- Xue, Sha
- Zhang, Wanjun
- Deng, Lei
- Zhou, Li
- Zhang, Chao
- Zheng, Xiao
- Cao, Jiansheng
- Huang, Yao
- He, Nianpeng
- Zhou, Guoyi
- Bai, Yongfei
- Xie, Zongqiang
- Tang, Zhiyao
- Wu, Bingfang
- Liu, Guohua
- Yu, Guirui
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2018-04-16
- Volume
- 115
- Issue
- 16
- Pages
- 4039-4044
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- PMC
- PMC5910802
- OpenAlex
- W2801549624
- Cited by
- 924
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
- 2026: 105 · 2025: 160 · 2024: 164 · 2023: 148 · 2022: 147 · 2021: 92 · 2020: 55 · 2019: 34 · 2018: 18 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 161.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Institute of Botany, CAS Institutional Repository (submittedVersion)
- Institute of Hydrobiology, CAS Institutional Repository (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Strategic Priority Programme of Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA05060000, XDA05050700)
- Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (2016YFC0503403, 2017YFA0604702)
- Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NA)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Forest, Soil, and Plant Ecology in China
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Environmental Changes in China
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Keywords
- carbon sequestration, terrestrial carbon sink, ecosystem carbon storage, China, land use change, afforestation
- MeSH terms
- Carbon, China, Conservation of Natural Resources, Humans, Plants, Soil, Water Movements, Program Evaluation, Ecosystem, Biomass, Carbon Sequestration, Forests, Grassland
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