Deforestation and Carbon Sequestration Research at Baima Snow Mountain Nature Reserve, Southwest China

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211220.318How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Rhinopithecus bieti; Habitat fragmentation; Deforestation; Carbon market; Baima Snow Mountain nature reserve; Global warming

Abstract

The black snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti; also known as the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey) is an endangered animal mainly distributed in Baima Snow Mountain nature reserve, Southwest China. Given the poaching and habitat loss of Yunnan snub-nosed monkey, this study aims to investigate the current status of living environment of the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey from the perspective of deforestation and provide applicable solutions to maintain the local environmental sustainability. Based on GIS mapping, this study identifies three deforested areas in Baima Snow Mountain nature reserve’s core zone. This study further assesses the economic and environmental benefits of reforestation in terms of the carbon market policy in China that promotes the development of forestry carbon trading. Specifically, the QGIS-LTR software is utilized to estimate the carbon sequestration value of these three areas with the data of carbon storage (mostly in cold temperate coniferous forest) and the biomass values. The carbon sequestration potential and the corresponding values of reforestation in these three deforested areas are estimated.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yunxi Zeng
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/24
TI  - Deforestation and Carbon Sequestration Research at Baima Snow Mountain Nature Reserve, Southwest China
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1873
EP  - 1877
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211220.318
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211220.318
ID  - Zeng2021
ER  -