To provide some context for the magnitude of these numbers, one can compare the Russian forest gain to the net GSV losses in tropical forests over the period 1990–2015 according to FAO FRA 25 (-1,033 × 10 6 m 3 yr -1 in the regions with a negative trend: South and Central America, South and Southeast Asia, and Africa).
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Russian forest sequesters substantially more carbon than previously reported.
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