eprintid: 4300 rev_number: 7 eprint_status: archive userid: 351 dir: disk0/00/00/43/00 datestamp: 2016-01-15 02:05:21 lastmod: 2021-08-27 17:35:58 status_changed: 2016-01-15 02:05:21 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 1 creators_name: Nilsson, S. creators_name: Schopfhauser, W. creators_id: 1357 creators_id: 1623 title: The carbon sequestration potential of a global afforestation program ispublished: pub internal_subjects: iis_cli internal_subjects: iis_ecn internal_subjects: iis_for internal_subjects: iis_env divisions: prog_for abstract: We analyzed the changes in the carbon cycle that could be achieved with a global, largescale afforestation program that is economically, politically, and technically feasible. We estimated that of the areas regarded as suitable for large-scale plantations, only about 345 million ha would actually be available for plantations and agroforestry for the sole purpose of sequestering carbon. The maximum annual rate of carbon fixation (1.48 Gt/yr) would only be achieved 60 years after the establishment of the plantations - 1.14 Gt by above-ground biomass and 0.34 Gt by below-ground biomass. Over the period from 1995 to 2095, a total of 104 Gt of carbon would be sequestered. This is substantially lower than the amount of carbon required to offset current carbon emissions (3.8 Gt/yr) in order to stabilize the carbon content of the atmosphere. date: 1995-07 date_type: published publisher: Springer id_number: 10.1007/BF01091928 iiasapubid: XJ-95-033 iiasa_bibref: Climatic Change; 30(3):267-293 [1995] creators_browse_id: 217 creators_browse_id: 1558 full_text_status: none publication: Climatic Change volume: 30 number: 3 pagerange: 267-293 refereed: TRUE issn: 1573-1480 coversheets_dirty: FALSE fp7_type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article citation: Nilsson, S. & Schopfhauser, W. (1995). The carbon sequestration potential of a global afforestation program. Climatic Change 30 (3) 267-293. 10.1007/BF01091928 .