Techno systems release CO2 meanwhile natural ecosystems accumulate it in biomass and these flows for total techno-ecosystem stability should be in quantitative balance. General environmental stability (GES) may be described as ratio of total amount of carbon sequestered (TACS) annually by forested area of region to total amount of carbon (TACR) released on the same area from industrial sources. For Leningrad region this ratio is estimated as much as 1.15 and we may generally conclude about enough productivity of local forest ecosystems to accumulate locally released anthropogenic carbon and therefore about positive input of Leningrad region into global carbon cycle.
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Source | Folia Forestalia Polonica, Series A – Forestry |
Print ISSN | 0071-6677 |
Online ISSN |
2199-5907 |
Type of article |
original article |
Original title |
Rural forested areas as an only background for regional carbon and environmental balance |
Publisher | The Committee on Forestry Sciences and Wood Technology of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Forest Research Institute in Sekocin Stary |
Date | 20/03/2009 |