Advances in Forest Carbon Sequestration and Emission Reduction Potential
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecology and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 118
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil chemistry; soil biogeochemistry; carbon sequestration; greenhouse gases emission; soil respiration; litter decomposition
Interests: restoration of degraded ecosystems; soil carbon cycles; biochar
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The concentration of atmospheric greenhouse gases (GHGs) has increased rapidly since the Industrial Resolution, and high-intensity CO2, CH4, and N2O emissions from terrestrial ecosystems are closely related to the greenhouse effect. Reductions in the emissions of GHGs and the increase in carbon storage in the terrestrial ecosystem are potential strategies used to mitigate the greenhouse effect. Forests are important natural carbon sinks, which hold about 80% of the aboveground biomass C and about 40% of the below-ground C in terrestrial ecosystems. Moreover, soil, as the largest carbon storage pool in the terrestrial ecosystem, has a carbon storage quantity of approximately 2500 Pg C. Therefore, new research into GHGs emissions from different forest ecosystems is urgently needed, and strategies for carbon sequestration in forest soils are constituted very promising approaches. This Special Issue aims to give an overview of the most recent advances in the field of forest soil carbon sequestration and reductions in GHGs emissions in diverse areas. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Forest CO2, CH4, and N2O emissions;
- Forest soil carbon sequestration;
- Soil organic carbon dynamics in forests/agroforests;
- GHGs emission or carbon stock change during the restoration of degraded ecosystems;
- Response of forest health/structure to warming/global change;
- C/N cycles under forestation or deforestation;
- Future perspectives for forest carbon sequestration;
- Advances in forest soil emission reduction.
Dr. Jian Xiang
Dr. Tiehu He
Dr. Gang Liu
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- forest carbon sequestration
- GHGs emission
- soil organic carbon
- nitrogen
- forestation
- deforestation
- CO2
- CH4
- N2O
