Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential
Forests are a substantial terrestrial carbon sink, but anthropogenic changes in land use and climate have considerably reduced the scale of this system1. Remote-sensing estimates to quantify carbon losses from global forests2–5 are characterized by considerable uncertainty and we lack a comprehensiv...
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| author | Mo, Lidong Zohner, Constantin M. Reich, Peter B. Liang, Jingjing de-Miguel, Sergio Nabuurs, Gert-Jan Renner, Susanne S. van den Hoogen, Johan Araza, Arnan Herold, Martin Peri, Pablo Luis Crowther, Thomas W. |
| author_browse | Araza, Arnan Crowther, Thomas W. Herold, Martin Liang, Jingjing Mo, Lidong Nabuurs, Gert-Jan Peri, Pablo Luis Reich, Peter B. Renner, Susanne S. Zohner, Constantin M. de-Miguel, Sergio van den Hoogen, Johan |
| author_facet | Mo, Lidong Zohner, Constantin M. Reich, Peter B. Liang, Jingjing de-Miguel, Sergio Nabuurs, Gert-Jan Renner, Susanne S. van den Hoogen, Johan Araza, Arnan Herold, Martin Peri, Pablo Luis Crowther, Thomas W. |
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| description | Forests are a substantial terrestrial carbon sink, but anthropogenic changes in land use and climate have considerably reduced the scale of this system1. Remote-sensing estimates to quantify carbon losses from global forests2–5 are characterized by considerable uncertainty and we lack a comprehensive ground-sourced evaluation to benchmark these estimates. Here we combine several ground-sourced6 and satellitederived approaches2,7,8 to evaluate the scale of the global forest carbon potential outside agricultural and urban lands. Despite regional variation, the predictions demonstrated remarkable consistency at a global scale, with only a 12% difference between the ground-sourced and satellite-derived estimates. At present, global forest carbon storage is markedly under the natural potential, with a total deficit of 226 Gt (model range = 151–363 Gt) in areas with low human footprint. Most (61%, 139 Gt C)
of this potential is in areas with existing forests, in which ecosystem protection can allow forests to recover to maturity. The remaining 39% (87 Gt C) of potential lies in regions in which forests have been removed or fragmented. Although forests cannot
be a substitute for emissions reductions, our results support the idea2,3,9 that the conservation, restoration and sustainable management of diverse forests offer valuable contributions to meeting global climate and biodiversity targets. |
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| spelling | INTA164362024-01-03T13:38:35Z Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential Mo, Lidong Zohner, Constantin M. Reich, Peter B. Liang, Jingjing de-Miguel, Sergio Nabuurs, Gert-Jan Renner, Susanne S. van den Hoogen, Johan Araza, Arnan Herold, Martin Peri, Pablo Luis Crowther, Thomas W. Primary Forests Climate Change Forest Ecology Restoration Land-use Change Carbon Sinks Remote Sensing Biodiversity Sustainability Bosques Primarios Cambio Climático Ecología Forestal Restauración Cambio de Uso de la Tierra Sumideros de Carbono Teledetección Resource Conservation Conservación de los Recursos Biodiversidad Sostenibilidad Forest Carbon Carbon Losses Carbono Forestal Pérdidas de Carbono Forests are a substantial terrestrial carbon sink, but anthropogenic changes in land use and climate have considerably reduced the scale of this system1. Remote-sensing estimates to quantify carbon losses from global forests2–5 are characterized by considerable uncertainty and we lack a comprehensive ground-sourced evaluation to benchmark these estimates. Here we combine several ground-sourced6 and satellitederived approaches2,7,8 to evaluate the scale of the global forest carbon potential outside agricultural and urban lands. Despite regional variation, the predictions demonstrated remarkable consistency at a global scale, with only a 12% difference between the ground-sourced and satellite-derived estimates. At present, global forest carbon storage is markedly under the natural potential, with a total deficit of 226 Gt (model range = 151–363 Gt) in areas with low human footprint. Most (61%, 139 Gt C) of this potential is in areas with existing forests, in which ecosystem protection can allow forests to recover to maturity. The remaining 39% (87 Gt C) of potential lies in regions in which forests have been removed or fragmented. Although forests cannot be a substitute for emissions reductions, our results support the idea2,3,9 that the conservation, restoration and sustainable management of diverse forests offer valuable contributions to meeting global climate and biodiversity targets. EEA Santa Cruz Fil: Mo, Lidong. Institute of Integrative Biology. ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology); Suiza Fil: Zohner, Constantin M. Institute of Integrative Biology. ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology); Suiza Fil: Reich, Peter B. University of Minnesota. Department of Forest Resources; Estados Unidos Fil: Reich, Peter B. Western Sydney University. Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment; Australia. Fil: Reich, Peter B. University of Michigan. Institute for Global Change Biology; Estados Unidos Fil: Liang, Jingjing. Purdue University. Department of Forestry and Natural Resources; Estados Unidos Fil: de-Miguel, Sergio. University of Lleida. Department of Agricultural and Forest Sciences and Engineering; España Fil: de-Miguel, Sergio. Joint Research Unit CTFC - AGROTECNIO – CERCA; España Fil: Nabuurs, Gert-Jan. Wageningen University and Research; Países Bajos Fil: Renner, Susanne S. Washington University. Department of Biology; Estados Unidos Fil: van den Hoogen, Johan. Institute of Integrative Biology. ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology); Suiza Fil: Araza, Arnan. Wageningen University and Research; Países Bajos Fil: Herold, Martin. Helmholtz GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics Section; Alemania. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral.; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Fil: Crowther, Thomas W. Institute of Integrative Biology. ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology); Suiza 2024-01-03T13:22:46Z 2024-01-03T13:22:46Z 2023-12-07 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/16436 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06723-z Mo, L., Zohner, C.M., Reich, P.B. et al. Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential. Nature 624, 92–101 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06723-z 0028-0836 (print) 1476-4687 (online) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06723-z eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Springer Nature Nature 624 (7990) : 92-101. (December 2023) |
| spellingShingle | Primary Forests Climate Change Forest Ecology Restoration Land-use Change Carbon Sinks Remote Sensing Biodiversity Sustainability Bosques Primarios Cambio Climático Ecología Forestal Restauración Cambio de Uso de la Tierra Sumideros de Carbono Teledetección Resource Conservation Conservación de los Recursos Biodiversidad Sostenibilidad Forest Carbon Carbon Losses Carbono Forestal Pérdidas de Carbono Mo, Lidong Zohner, Constantin M. Reich, Peter B. Liang, Jingjing de-Miguel, Sergio Nabuurs, Gert-Jan Renner, Susanne S. van den Hoogen, Johan Araza, Arnan Herold, Martin Peri, Pablo Luis Crowther, Thomas W. Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential |
| title | Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential |
| title_full | Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential |
| title_fullStr | Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential |
| title_short | Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential |
| title_sort | integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential |
| topic | Primary Forests Climate Change Forest Ecology Restoration Land-use Change Carbon Sinks Remote Sensing Biodiversity Sustainability Bosques Primarios Cambio Climático Ecología Forestal Restauración Cambio de Uso de la Tierra Sumideros de Carbono Teledetección Resource Conservation Conservación de los Recursos Biodiversidad Sostenibilidad Forest Carbon Carbon Losses Carbono Forestal Pérdidas de Carbono |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/16436 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06723-z https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06723-z |
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