As part of the implementation of the key innovative government project “the Unified National System for Monitoring Climatically Active Substances”, in terms of developing a system for ground-based and remote monitoring of carbon pools and greenhouse gas flows in Russia and ensuring the development of a system for recording data on the flows of climatically active substances and the carbon budget in forests and other terrestrial environmental systems, the Karelian Scientific Center RAS is implementing two projects.
- Assess carbon pools in wetland ecosystems and agricultural landscapes of the Republic of Karelia, develop a monitoring system for measuring carbon fluxes in agricultural landscapes of the region.The goalof the project is to assess carbon pools in wetland ecosystems of the Republic of Karelia and develop a monitoring system for identifying carbon pools and measuring carbon flows in agricultural landscapes. Main project objectives: Obtain information and analyze data on carbon pools in wetland ecosystems of Karelia; create a monitoring system (lay stationary sampling areas) to determine carbon pools and measure carbon fluxes in agricultural landscapes of the Republic of Karelia, including the reclaimed (used and overgrown) lands. 2. Develop a system for monitoring the carbon budget in the forests of Eastern Fennoscandia (Karelian Scientific Center, Forest Institute SB RAS). The goal of the project is to arrange a test site for monitoring the carbon budget in middle taiga forests, located in the Kivach Reserve. Project objectives: Arrange a test site (to determine the boundaries and arrange permanent sampling areas); conduct preliminary assessment of the main carbon pools in forest ecosystems at the test site; organize works on the assessment of carbon dioxide emissions from the soil surface in sampling areas at the test site and on the assessment of the carbon content of model trees in heartwood and sapwood, carbon transport to the root systems based on the calculations of phloem conductivity. Partners of the Unified National System for Monitoring Climatically Active Substances project from various regions of Russia have established a consortium designed to combine research potential, efforts, experience and acquired skills, organizational and other capabilities in order to implement works within the framework of the Scientific and Educational Center for Monitoring Climatically Active Substances.