Liu, S. and Innes, J. and Wei, X. (2013) Shaping forest management to climate change: An overview. Forest Ecology and Management. pp. 1-3.
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Forests contain about 50% of the world’s terrestrial organic carbon stocks and currently sequester slightly more than a quarter of total anthropogenic emissions. They thus play a major role in the Earth’s terrestrial C sinks and exert a strong control on the evolution of atmospheric CO2 (Pan et al., 2011). Forests also provide many other important ecological services, such as the conservation of soil and water resources, the harboring of biodiversity, and the supply of wood and numerous other non-timber products that significantly contribute to human well-being. Millions of people around the globe depend on the goods and services provided by forests for their livelihoods. Climate change is increasingly affecting forest ecosystems through increases in extreme weather events, changes in water availability, more frequent and severe fires, increasing outbreaks and damage by pests and diseases (FAO, 2012). Such changes potentially threaten the many benefits that forests provide to people. To mitigate climate change impacts, many countries or regions are implementing reforestation and afforestation programs, and designing appropriate forest management strategies. There is an urgent need to understand how different forest management practices affect forest carbon stock and sequestration potentials.
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| Additional Information: | We would acknowledge the financial support from the Special Research Program for Public-welfare Forestry Projects (No. 200804001 and 201104006), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 31290223 and 30590383), the Asia–Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management and Rehabilitation and PRCGEF Partnership on Land Degradation in Dryland Ecosystems:Management and Policy Support to Combat Land Degradation Project. |
| Author Affiliation: | Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, PR China. |
| Subjects: | Atmosperic Science > Climatology Environmental Science |
| Divisions: | General |
| Depositing User: | Mr Balakrishna Garadasu |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Apr 2013 03:52 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Apr 2013 03:52 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2013.02.018 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/10231 |
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