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Forest Carbon Sequestration: The Impact of Forest Management

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Managing Forest Ecosystems: The Challenge of Climate Change

Part of the book series: Managing Forest Ecosystems ((MAFE,volume 34))

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Regardless of their geographical location , forests play an important role in CO2 fixation. Carbon stored in terrestrial ecosystems is distributed among three compartments: living plant biomass (stem, branches, foliage , roots), plant detritus (fallen branches and cones, forest litter, tree stumps, tree tops, logs) and soil (organic mineral humus, surface and deep mineral soil). Trees acquire energy for their living structures through photosynthesis , which requires CO2 captured by stomata in the leaves. Part of the captured CO2 is used to create living biomass, while the remainder is released back into the atmosphere through autotrophic respiration . When leaves or branches die and decompose, they increase soil carbon and also release a small amount into the atmosphere through heterotrophic respiration .

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    “Revised Approved Afforestation and Reforestation Baseline Methodology Case AR-AM00010 Facilitating Reforestation for Guangxi Watershed Management in Pearl River Basin, China” and “Case ARNM0018, Assisting natural regeneration on degraded land in Albania” http://cdm.unfccc.int/methodologies/ARmethodologies/approved_ar.html

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Bravo, F., del Río, M., Bravo-Oviedo, A., Ruiz-Peinado, R., del Peso, C., Montero, G. (2017). Forest Carbon Sequestration: The Impact of Forest Management. In: Bravo, F., LeMay, V., Jandl, R. (eds) Managing Forest Ecosystems: The Challenge of Climate Change. Managing Forest Ecosystems, vol 34. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28250-3_13

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