Quantifying the effectiveness of climate change mitigation through forest plantations and carbon sequestration with an integrated land-use model

Table 4 Comparison of existing C sequestration projections.

Reference	Total C sequestration (Pg C yr^-1)	Areal C sequestration (Mg C ha^-1yr^-1)	Period	Remarks
Global studies
This study (social potential)	0.12 – 0.17 0.68 – 1.33	0.9 – 1.3 0.8 – 1.3	2000–2050 2000–2100	Considering sequestration on abandoned agricultural land only
[10]	0.2–0.58		2008–2012
[22]	0.2 – 1		2000–2050	Conservative potential for 50-year period
[55]	0.3–2.9	0.8–1.6	2000–2075	Large variation due to different assumptions on yields
[61]	avg 1.04		1995–2095
[62]	0.15–0.8		2008–2012
[63]	0.6–1.2		2000–2050	Only in degraded land soils. Total potential is 30–60 Pg C.
Regional studies (Compared to Table 3)
[22]	0.02–0.05			Europe, a 100-year period
[23]		2–3.5		Average sequestration of tropical forests during an 80-year period
[55]				Only above-ground sequestration. soil decomposition fluxes excluded
		0.6–1		Canada
		0.5–11		USA (many studies summarized)
		1.4–2.3		Western Europe
		7.5–7.7		Australia
[64]	0.006		2010	EU25 countries
	0.01		2020
	0.02		2030
[65]	0.05 0.12		2100	EU15. only soils Wider Europe (excl. Russia). only soils
[66]		0.3–0.6		European forests during 2008–2012
[67]		0.35		North-west Russia
[68]		1.4	1999–2000	Canada
[69]	0.88	0.3	Current	Sink of all boreal and temperate forests
	0.11	0.52		All European forests
	0.43	0.48		All Russian forests
	0.10	0.25		All Canadian forests
	0.17	0.56		All US forests

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