title: Global potential of biospheric carbon management for climate mitigation.
abstract: Elevated concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases (GHGs), particularly carbon dioxide (CO2), have affected the global climate. Land-based biological carbon mitigation strategies are considered an important and viable pathway towards climate stabilization. However, to satisfy the growing demands for food, wood products, energy, climate mitigation and biodiversity conservation-all of which compete for increasingly limited quantities of biomass and land-the deployment of mitigation strategies must be driven by sustainable and integrated land management. If executed accordingly, through avoided emissions and carbon sequestration, biological carbon and bioenergy mitigation could save up to 38 billion tonnes of carbon and 3-8% of estimated energy consumption, respectively, by 2050.
authors.affiliation: Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Oceans and Atmospheric Flagship, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
authors.forename: Josep G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Canadell
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: E Detlef
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Schulze
mesh_terms: D044822:Biodiversity; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D057965:Carbon Sequestration; D002980:Climate; D057231:Climate Change; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D017753:Ecosystem; D005740:Gases; D017752:Greenhouse Effect; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D005740:Gases; D002245:Carbon Dioxide