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

Table 6

Carbon sequestration summarized by types of restored or degraded grasslands.

Types	1990–2004 (MtC)			2004–2012 (MtC)
	AGB	BGB	SOC in 0~40 cm	AGB	BGB	SOC in 0~40 cm
Slight degradation	−4.162	−8.546	−182.524	−4.104	−8.427	−179.984
Middle degradation	−2.183	−7.097	−106.397	−1.187	−3.860	−57.869
Substantial degradation	−0.127	−0.813	−5.850	−0.100	−0.639	−4.597
Restoration	0.006	0.033	0.307	0.028	0.146	1.363
Total	−6.466	−16.423	−294.464	−5.363	−12.78	−241.087