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June 7, 2010
The functions and effects of forestry in mitigating climate change have been elaborated in this paper. The concepts and significance of forest carbon sink, forestry carbon sequestration, and carbon sequestration forestry have been introduced, and the practices of carbon sequestration forestry in China have been summarized in this paper. The outline for management strengthening of carbon sequestration forestry has been proposed: implement the Climate Change Forestry Action Plan, reinforce measurement and monitoring of national forest carbon sink and the qualification management of measuring carbon sink projects, and carry out pilot researches for low-carbon economic forestry, aiming to ensure the forestry efforts to mitigate climate change and contribute to combat the global warming.
About the Author:
Dr. Li Nuyun is the Deputy Director General of Office for Combating Climate Change in State Forestry Administration of China, who is in charge of constituting the related systems and polices in China about the administration of Forestry Carbon Sequestration and the Bioenergy of Forest. She established the mode of China Green Carbon Fund, and developed the Carbon Sequestration Forestation and Carbon Accounting and Monitoring in China as well. Forestry Carbon Sequestration, Bioenergy of Forest and Ecological Service Market etc. are involved in the major study regions of hers. Her publications include Forestry Carbon Seqeustration, Carbon Accounting and Monitoring and The Forestation and Climate Change--- Study on Carbon Sequestration and so on. Li Nuyun has been a senior visiting scholar to the USA. She also acts as part-time commissioner of Chinese National Committee for the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change, vice-director of Beijing Forestry Association, and vice-director and commissioner of Forest Seed Standard Committee of China.
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