Policy brief: Nitrogen budgets and the link to carbon sequestration in the Nordic forests

Policy brief: Nitrogen budgets and the link to carbon sequestration in the Nordic forests
ISBN-10
9289372192
ISBN-13
9789289372190
Category
Science
Pages
25
Language
English
Published
2021-12-21
Publisher
Nordic Council of Ministers
Authors
Martin, Johanna, Sara

Description

Available online: https://pub.norden.org/temanord2021-554/ We have quantified annual changes of N stocks in forests in Sweden, Finland, Norway and in Denmark in two independent ways. First, we quantified major inflows (atmospheric deposition and biological N fixation) and outflows (leaching of N to runoff and tree harvest). The N outflows were between 70% and 130% of the N inflows, not indicating major loss or build-up of organic matter in any of the four countries. Then we calculated N stock change in forests based on annual C stock changes reported to UNFCCC and known C/N ratios. All four countries report annual increase of forest C stocks. The sources of N to make the C stock increase possible have not been identified in the N budgets based on inflows and outflows. The discrepancy between forest N and C budgets raises the question of the consistency between reported N and C flows and stock changes.

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