Prerequisites For Updating The Carbon Assessment Of Russian Forests
Abstract
Forests play a vital role in capturing and storing carbon dioxide through various mechanisms. Accurately measuring the carbon sequestration capacity of woody biota is critical to mitigating climate change and developing effective forest management strategies. However, existing methods for accounting for carbon sequestration by woody plants are considered imperfect. Leaf uptake through photosynthesis, carbon storage in trunks, branches and roots, and storage in soil and litter are the main pathways for carbon sequestration in forest ecosystems. The distribution of carbon stocks in different components of forest ecosystems varies depending on the type of vegetation, the age of the forest stand and climatic conditions. Large-scale commercial timber harvesting and increased natural disasters such as wildfires can significantly change the carbon balance of forest ecosystems. Predicting these changes requires taking into account carbon losses associated with deforestation and emissions associated with wildfires. Reliable assessment of the level of carbon sequestration by woody biota is critical for the development of effective climate change mitigation strategies and sustainable management of forest resources. Improving assessment approaches, understanding different sequestration mechanisms, and predicting changes in the carbon budget are key areas for future research. Updating Russia's forest registry through an inventory of unrecorded forest stands will also contribute to a more accurate accounting of carbon sequestration on a national scale. The economic motive of entrepreneurs may be the possibility of subsequent implementation of the carbon quota.
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Osmanovich, K. R., & Supyanovich, E. R. (2024). Prerequisites For Updating The Carbon Assessment Of Russian Forests. In D. K. Bataev (Ed.), PROOF: Social and Cultural Transformations in the Context of Modern Globalism (SCTCMG 2023), vol 135. European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences (pp. 186-191). European Publisher. https://doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2024.10.23