Biomass carbon storage and its sequestration potential of afforestation under natural forest protection program in China

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 406-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wangming Zhou ◽  
Bernard Joseph Lewis ◽  
Shengnan Wu ◽  
Dapao Yu ◽  
Li Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Natural Forest ◽  
Biomass Carbon ◽  
Forest Protection ◽  
Sequestration Potential ◽  
Natural Forest Protection Program ◽  
Natural Forest Protection

scholarly journals Carbon storage of forest vegetation under the Natural Forest Protection Program in Northeast China

2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (20) ◽  
Author(s):  
魏亚伟 WEI Yawei ◽  
周旺明 ZHOU Wangming ◽  
于大炮 YU Dapao ◽  
周莉 ZHOU Li ◽  
方向民 FANG Xiangmin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Northeast China ◽  
Forest Vegetation ◽  
Natural Forest ◽  
Forest Protection ◽  
Natural Forest Protection Program ◽  
Natural Forest Protection

Estimating Forest Ecosystem Carbon Storage under the Natural Forest Protection Program in Northeast China

2013 ◽  
Vol 726-731 ◽  
pp. 4294-4297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya Wei Wei ◽  
Li Min Dai ◽  
Xiang Min Fang ◽  
Wei Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Soil Carbon ◽  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Forest Ecosystem ◽  
Forest Floor ◽  
Natural Forest ◽  
Carbon Density ◽  
Forest Protection ◽  
Ecosystem Carbon ◽  
Natural Forest Protection Program ◽  
Natural Forest Protection

Forest ecosystem plays an important role in regulating global carbon cycle and climate change, to estimate its carbon storage, this study selected five major forest types in Northeast and investigated its tree, understory vegetation, forest floor and soil carbon density based on field measurement. Subsequently, we combined with the 7th Forest Resources Statistics of China to calculate forest carbon storage under the natural forest protection program in Northeast on regional scale. Results showed that forest ecosystem carbon storage under the natural forest protection program in Northeast was 4603.8 TgC, in which tree, understory, forest floor and soil carbon storages account for 22.7%, 0.9%, 6.5% and 69.9% respectively. Forest ecosystem carbon density was 180.6 Mg/ha, and tree, understory, and forest floor carbon density all increased with age class, which imply the great forest carbon sequestration potential under the natural forest protection program in Northeast.

scholarly journals China’s Natural Forest Protection Program: Progress and impacts

2017 ◽  
Vol 93 (02) ◽  
pp. 113-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua Yang
Keyword(s):  
Central Government ◽  
Economic Impacts ◽  
Timber Harvest ◽  
River Basins ◽  
Natural Forest ◽  
Natural Forests ◽  
Forest Protection ◽  
Natural Forest Protection Program ◽  
Major River ◽  
Natural Forest Protection

This is a brief review on the progress and impacts of China’s Natural Forest Protection Program that was initiated in response to massive flooding in 1998 of the major river basins of China. The program was heavily financed by the central government and was a success in terms of three program goals: timber harvest control in the natural forests; increase in the total area of forest protection; and, the successful resettlement of forest workers who were affected by reduced harvests. The ecological, social, and economic impacts of the program are discussed.

Measuring the socioeconomic impacts of China's Natural Forest Protection Program

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 769-788 ◽  
Author(s):  
YUEQIN SHEN ◽  
XIANCHUN LIAO ◽  
RUNSHENG YIN
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Natural Forest ◽  
Water Runoff ◽  
Input Output ◽  
Forest Protection ◽  
Socioeconomic Impacts ◽  
Natural Forest Protection Program ◽  
Natural Forest Protection ◽  
National Governments ◽  
Forest Managers

China has been implementing one of the world's largest ecological rehabilitation projects, the Natural Forest Protection Program (NFPP), to improve its fragile and precarious environmental conditions. This paper measures the socioeconomic impacts of the NFPP using input–output (I–O) models. We find that the NFPP will expand the annual output of the forest sectors by 5.8 billion Yuan and the whole economy by 8.9 billion Yuan by 2010. Employment will increase by 0.84 million in the forest sectors and by 0.93 million in the whole economy. Associated with the enormous expansion of forest protection and management are huge contributions to mitigating water runoff, soil erosion, flooding, and biodiversity loss. The investments and adjustments are thus worthwhile, if the program is properly implemented. The challenges are to transform loggers into tree planters and forest managers and to ensure that the financial and institutional commitments by the local and national governments will be materialized.

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