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ISSN: 1230-1485
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Spatial Pattern of Ecosystem Carbon Stocks
in the Lhasa River Basin and Its Response
Mechanism to Land Use Change
1
Resources & Environment College, Tibet Agricultural and Animal Husbandry University, Nyingchi 860000, China
2
The Second Geological Party, Tibet Bureau of Geological and Mineral Exploration and Development,
Lhasa 850000, China
Submission date: 2024-01-03
Final revision date: 2024-02-02
Acceptance date: 2024-03-25
Online publication date: 2024-08-05
Publication date: 2025-01-02
Corresponding author
Wenyuan Hao
Resources & Environment College, Tibet Agricultural and Animal Husbandry University, Nyingchi 860000, China
Resources & Environment College, Tibet Agricultural and Animal Husbandry University, Nyingchi 860000, China
Zhen Xing
Resources & Environment College, Tibet Agricultural and Animal Husbandry University, Nyingchi 860000, China
Resources & Environment College, Tibet Agricultural and Animal Husbandry University, Nyingchi 860000, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(1):681-694
KEYWORDS
TOPICS
ABSTRACT
Gaining carbon neutrality by 2060 and achieving carbon peaking by 2030 will involve formidable
challenges for China in the future. In order for the government to effectively implement carbon emission
reduction policies, it will be critical to comprehend the spatial patterns of carbon stocks in terrestrial
ecosystems (LULCs) in the context of the region’s future development. In this study, we proposed LULC
models for the Lhasa River Basin in Tibet from 2020 to 2040 under three distinct development scenarios.
With the exception of the 2040 BAU scenario, the study’s findings indicate that carbon stocks in the future
in the Lhasa River Basin will increase significantly in comparison to 2020. Furthermore, the overall carbon
stocks in the basin will decrease significantly in the aforementioned development scenarios of 2040 and
2030. We ought to closely monitor the alterations in carbon stock and landscape composition that arise in
the Lhasa River Basin as a result of the expansion of croplands. In the Lhasa River Basin, the degrees of
variation in the spatial patterns of carbon stock are the least pronounced under all three scenarios, with the
ELP scenario being particularly noteworthy.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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