LI Zhiguang, CHENG Hui, FANG Nufang, et al. The Role of Yudiba Dams in Protecting Carbon, Reducing Carbon Emission and Enhancing Carbon Sequestration and Its Capability Assessment[J]. 2023, 37(4): 1-6.
DOI:
LI Zhiguang, CHENG Hui, FANG Nufang, et al. The Role of Yudiba Dams in Protecting Carbon, Reducing Carbon Emission and Enhancing Carbon Sequestration and Its Capability Assessment[J]. 2023, 37(4): 1-6. DOI: 10.13870/j.cnki.stbcxb.2023.04.001.
The Role of Yudiba Dams in Protecting Carbon, Reducing Carbon Emission and Enhancing Carbon Sequestration and Its Capability Assessment
Analyzing the carbon sequestration function and evaluating the carbon sequestration capacity of Yudiba dams is a crucial prerequisite for determining the carbon sequestration effects of Yudiba dams and other soil and water conservation measures
and can provide valuable data references for achieving carbon emission peak and carbon neutralization. Here
we take the Yudiba dams on the Chinese Loess Plateau as the research object
systematically exploring the carbon sequestration effect and mechanism of Yudiba dams
and propose an estimation method for their carbon sequestration capacity. The results show that Yudiba dams effectively protect soil and carbon
mitigate erosion and carbon emission
and promote vegetation and carbon sequestration. In the past 50 years
the carbon conservation
carbon emission reduction
and carbon sequestration capacity of Yudiba dams on the Chinese Loess Plateau are 2.16×107
4.33×106~8.66×106 and 6.84×105 t C
respectively
which can enhance the carbon neutralization capacity of the ecosystem and reduce the carbon peak value. Yudiba dams and other significant soil and water conservation measures have demonstrated a variety of positive ecological restoration benefits
such as soil conservation
erosion reduction
and vegetation restoration
which fully promote the comprehensive role of carbon sequestration in carbon conservation
carbon emission reduction
and carbon sequestration increase. The implementation of soil and water conservation that focus on enhancing carbon sequestration not only reinforces the significance of terrestrial ecosystems in carbon sequestration
but also leads to a continual improvement of the carbon sequestration potential of terrestrial ecosystems
and plays a significant role in achieving carbon emission peak and carbon neutrality within the sphere of soil and water conservation.
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