Climate Effect of the Ili Delta Reforestation
КЛИМАТИЧЕСКИЙ ЭФФЕКТ ВОССТАНОВЛЕНИЯ ЛЕСОВ В ДЕЛЬТЕ р. ИЛИ
Lipka O.N. Zamolodchikov D.G. Kaganov V.V. Mazmaniants G.A. Isupova M.V. Aleinikov A.A.
2021Russian Academy of Sciences
Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya
2021#85Issue 4579 - 594 pp.
The scientific rationale for ecosystem-based adaptation projects is comprehensive. This work considers a set of measures aimed at preserving the ecosystems of Lake Balkhash and the Ili River that are vulnerable to current climate change. Adaptation activities, in particular, the restoration of tugai forests, are designed to increase the water-regulating and environmental-forming functions of the Ili River Delta, which will increase the stabilization of the water regime of Lake Balkhash and the resilience of its ecosystems to any climate change scenarios in the region. In addition, forest plantations will accumulate carbon in pools of phytomass, deadwood, litter, and soil. The paper describes the calculation methodology, which makes it possible to predict carbon uptake by the pool of phytomass of the planted forests using fragmentary data on the dynamics of taxation indicators. The obtained values of carbon absorption by the tree phytomass are applied to reforestation scenarios that set the rate of reforestation by tree species. According to the forecasts received, reforestation in the Ili River Delta on the area of 200 thous. ha over 30 years will lead to the accumulation of 7 Mt C by tree phytomass, which corresponds to a normalized absorption of 1.15 t C/ha/year. The mitigation effect of the project is quite sufficient to have independent value.
carbon sequestration , climate change , climate projects , ecosystem-based adaptation , forecast analysis , Ili River Delta , Lake Balkhash , reforestation , tree phytomass
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Izrael Institute of Global Climate and Ecology, Moscow, Russian Federation
Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity, The Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
WWF Russia – Central Asian Programme, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Water Problems Institute, The Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
SKANEKS GROUPS, Moscow, Russian Federation
Izrael Institute of Global Climate and Ecology
Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity
WWF Russia – Central Asian Programme
Water Problems Institute
SKANEKS GROUPS
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