Greenhouse gas emissions in China’s national Parks: A 2020 National-Scale analysis and Implications for management
National parks serve as crucial carbon reservoirs and sinks, yet their capacity to mitigate carbon emissions faces significant challenges, highlighting the urgent need for robust greenhouse gas (GHG) control and reduction strategies. Existing studies have often lacked comprehensive, spatially detail...
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| author | Shenglan Yang Huan Xu Zhicong Zhao Fangyi Wang Qiaoyun Sun Jiale Tang Jia He Le Zhong |
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| description | National parks serve as crucial carbon reservoirs and sinks, yet their capacity to mitigate carbon emissions faces significant challenges, highlighting the urgent need for robust greenhouse gas (GHG) control and reduction strategies. Existing studies have often lacked comprehensive, spatially detailed GHG emission inventories for national parks at a national scale, hindering targeted carbon management efforts. This study addresses this gap by conducting a uniform national-scale assessment of GHG emissions across China’s five national parks in 2020, with a focus on spatial distribution and emission source characterization. Our findings reveal that these parks collectively emitted 6.79 million tonnes of GHGs, primarily carbon dioxide, with residential and animal husbandry activities being the dominant sources. Emission patterns displayed strong spatial coherence, with high-emission and low-emission areas clustering distinctly. Although most national parks exhibited per-unit area emissions below the national average, hotspots in the Three-River-Source National Park exceeded the national average by 1.78 times. This study underscores the critical role of emission mapping in formulating effective GHG mitigation strategies to bolster the carbon–neutral potential of national parks. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8689663349794d9ebe63499641aa566c2025-01-31T05:10:49ZengElsevierEcological Indicators1470-160X2025-01-01170113089Greenhouse gas emissions in China’s national Parks: A 2020 National-Scale analysis and Implications for managementShenglan Yang0Huan Xu1Zhicong Zhao2Fangyi Wang3Qiaoyun Sun4Jiale Tang5Jia He6Le Zhong7School of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, ChinaSchool of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, ChinaInstitute for National Parks, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; School of Archiecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Corresponding authors.School of Archiecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, ChinaSchool of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, ChinaSchool of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, ChinaSchool of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, ChinaSchool of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; Corresponding authors.National parks serve as crucial carbon reservoirs and sinks, yet their capacity to mitigate carbon emissions faces significant challenges, highlighting the urgent need for robust greenhouse gas (GHG) control and reduction strategies. Existing studies have often lacked comprehensive, spatially detailed GHG emission inventories for national parks at a national scale, hindering targeted carbon management efforts. This study addresses this gap by conducting a uniform national-scale assessment of GHG emissions across China’s five national parks in 2020, with a focus on spatial distribution and emission source characterization. Our findings reveal that these parks collectively emitted 6.79 million tonnes of GHGs, primarily carbon dioxide, with residential and animal husbandry activities being the dominant sources. Emission patterns displayed strong spatial coherence, with high-emission and low-emission areas clustering distinctly. Although most national parks exhibited per-unit area emissions below the national average, hotspots in the Three-River-Source National Park exceeded the national average by 1.78 times. This study underscores the critical role of emission mapping in formulating effective GHG mitigation strategies to bolster the carbon–neutral potential of national parks.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X25000184National parksGreenhouse gas emissionsEmission sourcesSpatial differentiationEmission characteristicsProtected areas management |
| spellingShingle | Shenglan Yang Huan Xu Zhicong Zhao Fangyi Wang Qiaoyun Sun Jiale Tang Jia He Le Zhong Greenhouse gas emissions in China’s national Parks: A 2020 National-Scale analysis and Implications for management Ecological Indicators National parks Greenhouse gas emissions Emission sources Spatial differentiation Emission characteristics Protected areas management |
| title | Greenhouse gas emissions in China’s national Parks: A 2020 National-Scale analysis and Implications for management |
| title_full | Greenhouse gas emissions in China’s national Parks: A 2020 National-Scale analysis and Implications for management |
| title_fullStr | Greenhouse gas emissions in China’s national Parks: A 2020 National-Scale analysis and Implications for management |
| title_full_unstemmed | Greenhouse gas emissions in China’s national Parks: A 2020 National-Scale analysis and Implications for management |
| title_short | Greenhouse gas emissions in China’s national Parks: A 2020 National-Scale analysis and Implications for management |
| title_sort | greenhouse gas emissions in china s national parks a 2020 national scale analysis and implications for management |
| topic | National parks Greenhouse gas emissions Emission sources Spatial differentiation Emission characteristics Protected areas management |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X25000184 |
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