Identifying and understanding how critical landscapes for carbon sequestration respond to development for low carbon energy production: Insight to inform optimal land planning and management strategies

• Published in: Journal of environmental management Vol. 385; p. 125063
• Main Authors: Waldron, Susan, Heal, Kate, Elayouty, Amira, Flowers, Hugh, Scott, E. Marian, Zheng, Ying, Murray, Helen, Coleman, Martin, Phin, Antony, Pickard, Amy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2025
• Subjects: Carbon; Carbon Dioxide; Carbon Sequestration; Ecosystem; Ecosystem services; Forests; Green energy; Landscape planning; Peat soils; Soil - chemistry; Water abstraction; Wind; Wind farm; Green energy; Ecosystem services; Peat soils; Water abstraction; Wind farm; Landscape planning

Wind farms can mitigate increasing CO2 emissions by fossil-fuel free energy generation. However, landscape disturbance during development must not have lasting impacts on C sequestration, an ecosystem service. To understand how a critical carbon landscape responds to wind farm development, we monito...