Russian forest sequesters substantially more carbon than previously reported

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and transition to a new forest inventory system, Russia has reported almost no change in growing stock (+ 1.8%) and biomass (+ 0.6%). Yet remote sensing products indicate increased vegetation productivity, tree cover and above-ground biomass. Here, we challenge...

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Published in:	Scientific reports Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 12825 - 7
Main Authors:	Schepaschenko, Dmitry, Moltchanova, Elena, Fedorov, Stanislav, Karminov, Victor, Ontikov, Petr, Santoro, Maurizio, See, Linda, Kositsyn, Vladimir, Shvidenko, Anatoly, Romanovskaya, Anna, Korotkov, Vladimir, Lesiv, Myroslava, Bartalev, Sergey, Fritz, Steffen, Shchepashchenko, Maria, Kraxner, Florian
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 17.06.2021 Nature Publishing Group Nature Portfolio
Subjects:	631/158/1145 631/158/2454 704/106/694/2739 Biomass Forest management Forests Greenhouse gases Humanities and Social Sciences multidisciplinary National forests Remote sensing Science Science (multidisciplinary) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics > USSR Russia
ISSN:	2045-2322, 2045-2322
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