Table 1 0–20 cm actual and potential soil C sequestration rates for the “Grain for Green” program on the Loess Plateau

From: “Grain for Green” driven land use change and carbon sequestration on the Loess Plateau, China

Item

C sequestration rate (Mg ha−1 yr−1)

Land-use conversion

Average restoration age (yr)

Area* (ha)

C sequestration potential (Tg yr−1)

Whole GFG

0.29 ± 0.03

Forest, shrub, grassland

23

2.03 × 106

0.59 ± 0.07

  1. Note: * The data has been adopted from Chang et al. (2011). The error bars represent standard errors for the slope of equation 5 (k).
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