Carbon absorption by forests in the Volga region and Siberia: state and prospects
The prospect of Russia’s economic development will be inextricably bound up with the country’s success in the implementation of global climate initiatives. The strategy for the development of the national economy with a low level of greenhouse gas emissions, which is currently being formed, implies...
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| description | The prospect of Russia’s economic development will be inextricably bound up with the country’s success in the implementation of global climate initiatives. The strategy for the development of the national economy with a low level of greenhouse gas emissions, which is currently being formed, implies the fullest use of the potential for carbon sequestration by forest ecosystems, including through the implementation of various forest-climatic projects.The article shows that despite the world’s largest forest areas, the carbon-absorbing capacity of Russian forests cannot balance anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Using the examples of several regions of the Volga region and Siberia, the spatial dynamics of the forest carbon budget in the 2010s is considered. For the regions of Siberia rich in boreal forests, there is a significant disproportion between the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of forest resources and the absorbing capacity, which is explained by the ineffective forestry regime in the territory and the high intensity of forest disturbances. Taking into account the fact that building an effective system for combating forest fires and insect pests requires very voluminous and expensive measures, the effectiveness of which is difficult to assess, the above illustrations of the current situation lead to the idea that, in addition to using the potential for increasing carbon sequestration in traditional forest regions in the implementation of forest-climatic projects should pay attention to sparsely forested areas. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cf4e31e67d0f4d839c546cd0e45cd1332025-07-21T10:35:35ZengGeoresursy Ltd.Georesursy1608-50431608-50782024-04-01233364110.18599/grs.2021.3.6176Carbon absorption by forests in the Volga region and Siberia: state and prospectsA. I. Pyzhev0E. A. Vaganov1Siberian Federal University; Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesSiberian Federal UniversityThe prospect of Russia’s economic development will be inextricably bound up with the country’s success in the implementation of global climate initiatives. The strategy for the development of the national economy with a low level of greenhouse gas emissions, which is currently being formed, implies the fullest use of the potential for carbon sequestration by forest ecosystems, including through the implementation of various forest-climatic projects.The article shows that despite the world’s largest forest areas, the carbon-absorbing capacity of Russian forests cannot balance anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Using the examples of several regions of the Volga region and Siberia, the spatial dynamics of the forest carbon budget in the 2010s is considered. For the regions of Siberia rich in boreal forests, there is a significant disproportion between the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of forest resources and the absorbing capacity, which is explained by the ineffective forestry regime in the territory and the high intensity of forest disturbances. Taking into account the fact that building an effective system for combating forest fires and insect pests requires very voluminous and expensive measures, the effectiveness of which is difficult to assess, the above illustrations of the current situation lead to the idea that, in addition to using the potential for increasing carbon sequestration in traditional forest regions in the implementation of forest-climatic projects should pay attention to sparsely forested areas.https://www.geors.ru/jour/article/view/177economics of climate changeforest ecosystemscarbon-absorbing capacity of forestscarbon budgetgreenhouse gasesrussiaglobal climate initiativesforest-climate projects |
| spellingShingle | A. I. Pyzhev E. A. Vaganov Carbon absorption by forests in the Volga region and Siberia: state and prospects Georesursy economics of climate change forest ecosystems carbon-absorbing capacity of forests carbon budget greenhouse gases russia global climate initiatives forest-climate projects |
| title | Carbon absorption by forests in the Volga region and Siberia: state and prospects |
| title_full | Carbon absorption by forests in the Volga region and Siberia: state and prospects |
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| title_short | Carbon absorption by forests in the Volga region and Siberia: state and prospects |
| title_sort | carbon absorption by forests in the volga region and siberia state and prospects |
| topic | economics of climate change forest ecosystems carbon-absorbing capacity of forests carbon budget greenhouse gases russia global climate initiatives forest-climate projects |
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