Carbon stock of the Austrian-Hungarian border region

Due to the changing climate, there has been a growing interest in solutions to reduce the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere in recent decades. The utilization of the natural potential and the applied land uses in a given area directly affect the sequestration of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Within the framework of our research, we aim to estimate the carbon sequestration and carbon storage capacity of the Austrian-Hungarian border region based on land use.

We utilized the land cover categories of the CORINE database, which is available for a significant portion of Europe. Based on the literature sources and our own measurement results for the border region, we assigned potential carbon storage values ​​to the land cover categories, which allows us to estimate the amount of stored carbon for the entire region. In addition to determining the current carbon storage capacity value, the database also allows us to track past changes in the region's carbon storage using the CORINE land cover maps, which are updated every six years.

The research was carried out within the framework of the CS4Region project, identification number ATHU-0100046, with the support of the INTERREG AT-HU 2021-2027 program.