Research Article

Improving Carbon Mitigation Potential through Grassland Ecosystem Restoration under Climatic Change in Northeastern Tibetan Plateau

Table 3

The statistics of grassland degradation/restoration for TRSR (unit: km2).

TypeThe source region ofTotal
Yellow RiverYangtze RiverLancang River

New occurring degradation19.5686.340105.9
Intensified degradation79.16206.7511.59297.5
Non-change20469.4230760.468983.6260213.5
Slight restoration6610.188763.271304.9416678.39
Substantial restoration2535.731987.22104.744627.69
Marsh restoration728.13819.3373.911621.37