Advances in Forest/Wetland Carbon Sequestration and Emission Reduction Potential
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecology and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 3
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Interests: soil chemistry; soil biogeochemistry; carbon sequestration; greenhouse gas emissions; soil respiration; litter decomposition
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Interests: restoration of degraded ecosystems; soil carbon cycles; biochar
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Interests: carbon sequestration; carbon emissions; land use change
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) concentration has increased rapidly since the Industrial Revolution, with high-intensity CO2, CH4, and N2O emissions from the terrestrial ecosystem being closely related to the greenhouse effect. GHG emission reduction and carbon storage enhancement in the terrestrial ecosystem represents a potential strategy to mitigate the greenhouse effect. Forests/wetlands are important natural carbon sinks, which hold about 80% of the aboveground biomass C and about 40% of the belowground C in terrestrial ecosystems. Moreover, soil is the largest carbon storage pool in the terrestrial ecosystem, containing approximately 2500 Pg C. Therefore, new studies regarding GHG emissions from different forest/wetland ecosystems are urgently needed and strategies for carbon sequestration in the soil of these ecosystems constitute very promising approaches. This Special Issue plans to provide an overview of the most recent advances in the field of forest/wetland soil carbon sequestration and GHG emission reduction in diverse areas. This Special Issue aims to publish selected contributions on advances in the synthesis, characterization, and applications of nanomaterials with regard to antibacterial activity.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Forest/wetland CO2, CH4, and N2O emissions;
- Forest/wetland carbon sequestration (including soil and plants);
- Soil organic carbon dynamics in forests/agroforests/wetlands;
- GHG emissions or carbon stock change during restoration of degraded ecosystems;
- Response of forest health/structure to warming/global change;
- Soil C/N cycles under forestation/deforestation and restoration of ecosystems;
- Future perspectives for forest/wetland carbon sequestrations;
- Advances in forest/wetland soil emission reduction;
- Novel technologies for forest/wetland soil carbon monitoring;
- Forest/wetland carbon sequestration modeling under climate change.
Dr. Jian Xiang
Dr. Tiehu He
Dr. Gang Liu
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- forest/wetland carbon sequestration
- GHG emission
- soil organic carbon
- nitrogen
- forestation
- deforestation
- CO2
- CH4
- N2O
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