An inventory-based carbon budget for forest and woodland ecosystems of Turkey
Author(s)	Evrendilek F
Year	2004
Journal	Journal of Environmental Monitoring
Volume	6, 26-30
Languages	English
Study area	Turkey
Species	Cedrus libani (Rich), Ceratonia siliqua L., Cupressus sempervirens L., Pinus brutia Ten., Pinus halepensis Mill., Pinus pinea L., Pistacia lentiscus L., Quercus ilex L.
Components	4
Pilot Sites	Barbara, Chréa, Düzlerçami, Djelfa, Jabal Moussa, Maamora, Siliana
Keywords	Environmental monitoring; Carbon budget; Global climate change;
Abstract	Environmental monitoring of national-level comparisons of CO2 emissions is needed to quantify sources and sinks of carbon (C) in national ecosystems. In this study, a national forest inventory database was used to estimate the past and current pools and fluxes of C in deciduous and coniferous forest and woodland ecosystems (20.7 × 106 ha) of Turkey. Growing C stock was 12.63 t C ha?1 in 1960 and 16.55 t C ha?1 in 1995. Total C store in the whole live woody biomass was estimated at 22.77 t C ha?1 in 1996. The total flux of C from the atmosphere into the forest and woodland ecosystems driven by primary productivity was about 1.46 t C ha?1 (or 30.2 Mt C) in 1996. The estimated net release of C from the forest and woodland ecosystems of Turkey to the atmosphere was about 1.34 t C ha?1 (or 21.5 Mt C) in 1996. When C released was taken into account, net ecosystem sequestration (NES) resulted in 0.12 t C ha?1 per year. Such analytical tools as national forest C budgets are needed to improve our preventive and mitigative strategies for dealing with global climate change.