Enhanced carbon storage in the Sichuan-Yunnan Ecological Barrier Zone: the impact of land use changes driven by ecological engineering

IF 3.9 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY Ecological Engineering Pub Date : 2025-03-11 DOI:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2025.107588

Mairui Yan, Jiangliu Xie, Changjing Wang, Rui Chen, Gaofei Yin

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Abstract

Carbon storage is crucial for ecosystem stability. However, human activities, such as, ecological engineering, drive the Land use/ land cover (LULC) changes and hence pose a significantly impact on carbon storage. Timely and effective assessment of the impact of LULC conversion on carbon storage is therefore, crucial for regional carbon cycling. This study links Patch-generating Land Use Simulation (PLUS) and Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs (InVEST) models to analyze the potential impacts of LULC changes on carbon storage in the Sichuan-Yunnan Ecological Barrier Zone (SYEBZ). The results indicated that carbon storage of SYEBZ experienced an overall increasing trend, at a rate of 0.396 Tg/yr, during the period of 1995 to 2020. The conversion of cropland and grassland into forests are the main cause of reginal carbon storage increasing, highlighting the positive role of ecological engineering in carbon storage. Projections suggested that enhancing ecological conservation could further boost carbon sequestration by 0.6633 Tg/yr, while prioritizing cropland conservation may lower the ecosystem's carbon sequestration potential, thereby reducing carbon storage by 0.3512 Tg/yr. These findings deepen our understanding of the role of ecological engineering in carbon dynamics and provide valuable insights for future ecological management and sustainable development of the region.

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Ecological Engineering 环境科学-工程：环境

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8.00

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5.30%

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293

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57 days

期刊介绍： Ecological engineering has been defined as the design of ecosystems for the mutual benefit of humans and nature. The journal is meant for ecologists who, because of their research interests or occupation, are involved in designing, monitoring, or restoring ecosystems, and can serve as a bridge between ecologists and engineers. Specific topics covered in the journal include: habitat reconstruction; ecotechnology; synthetic ecology; bioengineering; restoration ecology; ecology conservation; ecosystem rehabilitation; stream and river restoration; reclamation ecology; non-renewable resource conservation. Descriptions of specific applications of ecological engineering are acceptable only when situated within context of adding novelty to current research and emphasizing ecosystem restoration. We do not accept purely descriptive reports on ecosystem structures (such as vegetation surveys), purely physical assessment of materials that can be used for ecological restoration, small-model studies carried out in the laboratory or greenhouse with artificial (waste)water or crop studies, or case studies on conventional wastewater treatment and eutrophication that do not offer an ecosystem restoration approach within the paper.