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The increasing concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere alone contributes by over 50% to the enhancing greenhouse effect (Houghton et al. 1990, 1992). The major anthropogenic sources of carbon (C) entering the atmosphere are combustion of fossil fuels and land-use changes. Enhancement of the greenhouse effect can be mitigated by decreasing the emission of C or by increasing the capacity of terrestrial C sinks. Terrestrial C sinks can, in turn, be strengthened by increasing the C in vegetation or soil on the current land area or by increasing the area covered by vegetation. In this context, the role of forest ecosystems is crucial, since they occupy one third of the Earth’ land area and contain approximately 45% of the total terrestrial C (915 Pg C of 2050 Pg C) (Bolin 1986; Houghton et al. 1990).
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Kellomäki, S., Karjalainen, T. (1996). Sequestration of carbon in the Finnish boreal forest ecosystem managed for timber production. In: Apps, M.J., Price, D.T. (eds) Forest Ecosystems, Forest Management and the Global Carbon Cycle. NATO ASI Series, vol 40. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61111-7_6
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