Huizhong Shen

Nov 8, 2024 | nature.com | Chao Yue |Mengyang Xu |Philippe Ciais |Shu Tao |Huizhong Shen |Jinfeng Chang | +6 more

AbstractUnleashing the land sector’s potential for climate mitigation requires purpose-driven changes in land management. However, contributions of past management changes to the current global and regional carbon cycles remain unclear. Here, we use vegetation modelling to reveal how a portfolio of ecological restoration policies has impacted China’s terrestrial carbon balance through developing counterfactual ‘no-policy’ scenarios.