Analysis of Changes in Vegetation Carbon Storage and Net Primary Productivity as Influenced by Land-Cover Change in Inner Mongolia, China

Exploring the influence of vegetation carbon stocks over land-cover change and relationship between net primary production (NPP) is great practical importance for achieving China’s neutrality target. Therefore, this paper analyses spatio-temporal distribution NPP in Inner Mongolia from 2000 to 2020 explores stock caused by change, land cover NPP, change. The results show that main during 2000–2020 was conversion other types grassland, with bare grassland 2010 covering an area 20,634.87 km2. During period 2000–2020, high values were mainly located northeastern Mongolia, low distributed southwestern Mongolia. total storage changes affected 2000–2010 2010–2020 10,736,986.11 t 3,894,272.41 t. mean different covers were, descending order, forest > cultivated wetland artificial surfaces shrubland water bodies land. Between 2010, type cause decrease increase due land, forest, grassland. implementation appropriate conservation management measures (e.g., construction grass ecological protection), planting, protection high-vegetation plants means can improve level sequestration protect environment