Research Advances on Carbon Sink in Typical Forest Ecosystems

Astudy on the long-term records of a typical forest ecosystem in south China’s subtropical area by CAS re- searchers has showed that one hect- are of the forest accumulated about 500 kg of carbon per year. This find- ing was reported by Prof. Zhou Guoyi, director of Mt. Dinghushan Forest Ecosystem Research Station, the CAS South China Botanical Gar- den (SCBG), at an international sym- posium on ecosystem carbon bal- ance and cycle held on July 1–3 in Guangzhou, capital of south Ch…