Including the closely related term planting.
… capacity). 3.14 Increased rates of sequestration can be achieved through an overall increase in tree cover and other plant life, and changes in land management and agricultural practice to preserve and enhance both the quantity and health of the earth’s soils, which are themselves a major store of carbon. If undertaken carefully using the correct mix of species, sequestration planting…
… of animals) and combustion (naturally occurring forest fires). - CO2 is absorbed by land and marine plants to make glucose in photosynthesis, at the same time producing the oxygen that is required by animal life, including humans. - Animals feed on the plants passing the carbon compounds along the food chain. Most of the carbon they consume is exhaled as CO2 as they respire. The animals…
… and plants eventually die. - Decomposers break down the dead organisms and through respiration return most of the remaining carbon in their bodies to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. However, in some conditions, decomposition is blocked. The plant and animal material is converted to carbon stores. This includes, over periods of millions of years, the creation of fossil reservoirs of oil, coal…
… proportion of open space land, and its extensive network of private gardens, an assessment of sequestration and ecological benefits that can be achieved through well considered planting initiatives is proposed as a key future work stream. 3.15 Carbon neutrality can technically be achieved by an organisation continuing its business as usual but paying to offset its emissions by funding…