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Evaluation of the Carbon Sink Capacity of the Proposed Kunlun Mountain National Park

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  • Li Zhao

    (School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering, Xi′an Jiaotong University, Xi′an 710049, China
    Northwest Surveying, Planning Institute of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Key Laboratory National Forestry Administration on Ecological Hydrology and Disaster Prevention in Arid Regions, Xi’an 710048, China)

  • Mingxi Du

    (School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China)

  • Wei Du

    (School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China)

  • Jiahuan Guo

    (Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China)

  • Ziyan Liao

    (Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China)

  • Xiang Kang

    (School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China)

  • Qiuyu Liu

    (School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
    Institute of Environment Sciences, Department of Biology Sciences, University of Quebec at Montreal, Case Postale 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montreal, QU H3C 3P8, Canada)

Abstract

National parks, as an important type of nature protected areas, are the cornerstone that can effectively maintain biodiversity and mitigate global climate change. At present, China is making every effort to build a nature-protection system, with national parks as the main body, and this approach considers China′s urgent goals of obtaining carbon neutrality and mitigating climate change. It is of great significance to the national carbon-neutralization strategy to accurately predict the carbon sink capacity of national park ecosystems under the background of global change. To evaluate and predict the dynamics of the carbon sink capacity of national parks under climate change and different management measures, we combined remote-sensing observations, model simulations and scenario analyses to simulate the change in the carbon sink capacity of the proposed Kunlun Mountain National Park ecosystem over the past two decades (2000–2020) and the change in the carbon sink capacity under different zoning controls and various climate change scenarios from 2020 to 2060. Our results show that the carbon sink capacity of the proposed Kunlun Mountain National Park area is increasing. Simultaneously, the carbon sink capacity will be improved with the implementation of park management and control measures; which will be increased by 2.04% to 2.13% by 2060 in the research area under multiple climate change scenarios. The research results provide a scientific basis for the establishment and final boundary determination of the proposed Kunlun Mountain National Park.

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  • Li Zhao & Mingxi Du & Wei Du & Jiahuan Guo & Ziyan Liao & Xiang Kang & Qiuyu Liu, 2022. "Evaluation of the Carbon Sink Capacity of the Proposed Kunlun Mountain National Park," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(16), pages 1-16, August.
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