Status and possibilities for increased influences of the terrestrial biota on the carbon budget in the territories of the former USSR
- International Inst. for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg (Austria)
- Russian Academy of Agriculture Science, Moscow (Russian Federation). V.V. Dockuchaev Soil Inst.
Based on digitized maps describing phytomass, detritus and production by Bazilevich, forest vegetational regionalization by Kurnaev, statistic and scientific data from scientific institutes of the former Soviet Union (FSU), the influence of the terrestrial biota on the carbon budget has been estimated for the conditions in the 1990s. The forests of the FSU are estimated to constitute a net annual sink of 460 million tons/year, of which 50 million tons are fixed in long-lived forest products. According to a scenario which the authors developed for this study, a long-term sequestration of 900 million tons C/year during the first 100 years after implementation of the scenario may possibly be achieved. 111 refs., 5 tabs.
- OSTI ID:
- 182869
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940426-; ISBN 0-923204-11-3; TRN: IM9608%%234
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International conference on global climate change: science, policy and mitigation strategies, Phoenix, AZ (United States), 5-8 Apr 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Global climate change: Science, policy, and mitigation strategies. Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association international specialty conference; Mathai, C.V. [ed.] [Arizona Public Service Co., Phoenix, AZ (United States)]; Stensland, G. [ed.] [Illinois State Water Survey, Champaign, IL (United States)]; PB: 1117 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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