Presented is the method of computational monitoring of black carbon emissions due to wildfires. The computation is carried out for the territory of Russia for the period of 2007–2012. Given is the distribution of black carbon emissions according to fire types and regions. The mean value of black carbon emission due to wildfires for the period under consideration amounted to 81.9 ± 37.2 × 10³ t/year and interannual variations are from 53.8 × 10³ t in 2011 to 143.5 × 10³ t in 2008. The mean value of black carbon emission in the forests is 25.0 ± 3.7 kg/ha for crown fires, 24.0 ± 0.1 kg/ha for underground fires, 10.2 ± 1.2 kg/ha for ground fires, and 4.1 ± 0.3 kg/ha for fires in non-forested areas.

The dynamics of carbon pools in the live phytomass, necromass, and soil reservoirs have been analyzed in fallow arable lands of Novgorod oblast. The results show that the amounts of above- and...

In order to achieve global climate goals, it is necessary to estimate greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes from ecosystems. To obtain a comprehensive assessment of CO₂, CH₄, and N₂O natural fluxes for the Russian Federation, we used the “bottom-up” method and updated estimates for forest ecosystems based on State Forest Inventory data and satellite monitoring of forest disturbances. For grassland ecosystems, it was based on the correct distribution of areas between steppe and non-steppe zones. The estimated net uptake of natural ecosystems in Russia was 1.1 ± 1.8 billion tons of CO₂-eq./year. The study shows that if only CO₂ is taken into account, the net absorption of terrestrial ecosystems in Russia corresponds to more than −2.5 billion tons of CO₂ (35% of forests’ contribution). However, given the emissions of non-CO₂ GHGs, total net absorption in Russia’s natural ecosystems is reduced to about −1 billion tons of CO₂-eq (with the forests’ contribution increasing to 80%). With regard to anthropogenic fluxes, the overall balance of GHGs in Russia corresponds to net emissions of 1 billion tons of CO₂-eq/year into the atmosphere. To improve reporting under the Paris Agreement, countries should aim to include only anthropogenic (“manageable”) GHG fluxes on managed land.

A fundamentally new integrated approach to the state activity on the adaptation to changing environmental conditions, namely, the territorial planning of l