Carbon polygons will announce the global plans of the Russian Federation to sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, I told ABF "Economics today» Director of the Academy of Biology and Biotechnology named after. DI. Ivanovsky Southern Federal University Kamil Kazeev.
A station with soil structures under a lawn to study carbon emissions appeared in the Botanical Garden of the Southern Federal University (SFU).
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The creation of the project was carried out by the specialists of the scientific and testing laboratory "Biogeochemistry" of the Southern Federal University under the guidance of Professor Sergey Gorbov, employees of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) and the Scientific Center of the Kola Peninsula within the framework of the project of the Russian Science Foundation. This project is a prototype of research within the framework of the state environmental program.
For the first time, the President of the Russian Federation announced it, then in February 2021 The Ministry of Science and Higher Education issued an order to develop a roadmap for the creation of such landfills.
As part of the existing open program, the authorities intend to equip about 80 carbon landfills throughout the country to monitor greenhouse gases.
“It is necessary to take into account the volume of emissions, emission and absorption. The data obtained will help to prove to the world community, that the Russian Federation has great prospects for the sequestration of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
We are talking about the reduction of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere due to its transfer to biomass carbon or soil in the form of organic matter - humus.. This is the main goal of the program", – He explained ABF "Economics today» expert director of the Academy of Biology and Biotechnology named after. DI. Ivanovo SFU Kamil Kazeev.
Carbon landfills are created based on data from scientific studies of the carbon cycle, an important component of which is the loss of soil organic matter under agrogenic and technogenic impact. This factor, adds Kamil Kazeev, has a strong impact on climate change.
The emergence of carbon polygons, says the director of the Academy of Biology and Biotechnology named after. DI. Ivanovsky Southern Federal University, will allow the development of technologies for depositing atmospheric carbon dioxide for the implementation of carbon tax quotas to other countries, including in the European Union.
Today, the market is valued at hundreds of billions.. US $, and in the future, predict in the expert community, significant growth expected.
"Enterprises of the metallurgical or fuel and energy complex, that emit carbon dioxide during production, will pay a special tax. It can be translated, by purchasing carbon credits at carbon farms.
It's about areas., capable of absorbing excess atmospheric carbon dioxide. They will grow a forest or create conditions for the deposition of carbon in the soil. Therefore, a network of monitoring sites is now being created under the name "Carbon polygons". Eight already announced suggest location in the forest zone., – According to the expert.
Harm to the climate: why Russia needs landfills
Greenhouse gases, released into the atmosphere, contribute to global warming, which is the main threat to the world. Therefore, many states are switching to "green" technologies., contributing to the preservation of the environment.
Russia, following the trend, aimed at decarbonization of the economy and nature management, as well as the active reduction of the ecological footprint of many enterprises and industries.
AT 2021 organization of carbon polygons in the Krasnodar Territory is planned for the year, Chechen Republic, Kaliningrad, Novosibirsk, Sakhalin, Sverdlovsk and Tyumen regions. Also planned, what else is around 80 carbon polygons will be created in other regions of the country.
The initiator of the creation of a carbon landfill in the steppe zone of southern Russia, where, together with scientists from the Southern Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Rostov Agricultural Research Center, The State Center for Agrochemical Service "Rostovsky" will conduct research on greenhouse gases and the carbon cycle, will become the Southern Federal University.
“The existing landfills are located in the forest zone. We have a different idea - we are planning to open a landfill in the steppe zone, which occupies a vast territory and is subject to agrogenic use.
The Botanical Garden of the Southern Federal University will become the center of the monitoring network, occupying 160 hectare with varied terrain conditions, soil vegetation, as well as a well-developed infrastructure. It will conduct research on greenhouse gas emissions and technology of carbon sequestration by plant biomass and soil.
Similar studies by scientists of the Southern Federal University have been carried out for decades.. This is an important advantage when creating a network of carbon polygons based on educational and scientific organizations., with a large backlog of environmental research ", – summed up Kamil Kazeev.
Therefore, the plans are not only to assess greenhouse gas emissions, but also to create sites for the absorption of sequestered atmospheric carbon using resource-saving agricultural technologies, to reduce CO2 emissions from the soil and transfer it from the atmosphere to a stable state in biomass and humus to prevent climate change.
Alexander Melnik
