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The annual carbon-sink capacity of China's forests and grassland has exceeded 1.2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents, ranking first in the world, Guo Qingjun, an official of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, said at a press conference on ecological conservation and restoration on Wednesday, a day ahead of National Ecology Day.
Last year, China's top legislature voted to designate August 15 as the country's National Ecology Day to enhance public awareness and action to protect the ecological environment.
Trees in Saihanba, Hebei Province, north China. /CFP
A carbon sink is anything that absorbs more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases. Forests and grasslands are typical carbon sinks.
China has set ambitious goals of achieving carbon peak by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060, taking a prominent role in the global fight against climate change.
The Hulunbuir Grassland in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, north China. /CFP
China's unavoidable carbon emissions are predicted to reach approximately 2.5 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents in 2060, and forests and grasslands will be able to absorb over half of them, thus contributing significantly to carbon neutrality, said Guo.
To increase its carbon-sink capacity, China will move to expand the area of forests and grassland and step up efforts to protect these resources, Guo told media at the press conference.
(Cover: Jiuzhaigou in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, southwest China. /CFP)