What does carbon sink mean?

Carbon sink refers to the process, activity or mechanism of absorbing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere through afforestation, vegetation restoration and other measures, thus reducing the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. It also refers to the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed and stored by forests, or the ability of forests to absorb and store carbon dioxide.

What is a forest carbon sink?

Forest carbon sink means that forest plants absorb carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and fix it in vegetation or soil, thus reducing the concentration of the gas in the atmosphere. Soil is the largest carbon pool in terrestrial ecosystem, which plays a very important and unique role in reducing the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and slowing down global warming.

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20 1 1 On August 3rd, 2008, in order to further promote the orderly development of China's clean development mechanism projects and promote the healthy development of the clean development mechanism market, the Measures for the Operation and Management of Clean Development Mechanism Projects were revised.

On June 28th, 2020, 10, an international team's research report in Nature once again showed that the carbon sinks in southwest and northeast China accounted for a little more than 35% of the whole land of China.