Balancing the savanna carbon budget

As anthropogenic climate change accelerates, interest in offsetting carbon emissions with ecosystem carbon storage has grown. In savannas, fire suppression and afforestation have been proposed as tools to increase carbon sequestration, whilst land use conversion accelerates. However, large uncertainties remain about the outcomes of these interventions, both for carbon storage (especially the rate of carbon sequestration possible) and for savanna biodiversity. My talk will discuss our recent work to clarify the consequences of management interventions aimed at increasing carbon sequestration in savanna ecosystems.