Data from: A burning issue: Savanna fire management can generate enough carbon revenue to help restore Africa's rangelands and fill Protected Area funding gaps

Many savanna-dependent species in Africa including large herbivores and apex predators are at increasing risk of extinction. Achieving effective management of protected areas (PAs) in Africa where lions live will cost an estimated USD &gt;$1-2 B/year in new funding. We explored the potential for fire management-based carbon-financing programs to fill this funding gap and benefit degrading savanna ecosystems. We demonstrated how introducing early dry season fire management programs could produce potential carbon revenues (PCR) from either a single carbon-financing method (avoided emissions) or from multiple sequestration methods ranging from USD $59.6-$655.9 M/year (at USD $5/ton) or USD $155.0 M–$1.7 B/year (at USD $13/ton). We highlighted variable but significant PCR for savanna PAs from USD $1.5–$44.4 M/year per PA. We suggest investing in fire management programs to jump-start the United Nations Decade of Ecological Restoration to help restore degraded African savannas and conserve imperiled keystone herbivores and apex predators. <br> <br> Open Access article: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.11.013非洲众多依赖稀树草原的物种，包括大型草食动物与顶级捕食者，正面临日益加剧的灭绝风险。据估算，为实现非洲狮类栖息的保护区（Protected Areas，PAs）的有效管理，每年需新增投入10亿至20亿美元的资金。本研究探讨了基于火管理的碳融资项目填补该资金缺口、并助力退化稀树草原生态系统修复的潜力。本研究证实，引入旱季早期火管理项目，可通过单一碳融资手段（避免碳排放）或多种固碳手段获取潜在碳收益（Potential Carbon Revenues，PCR），年收入区间为5960万至65590万美元（按每吨5美元计价），或1.55亿至17亿美元（按每吨13美元计价）。本研究同时指出，各稀树草原保护区的潜在碳收益虽存在差异，但均较为可观，单个保护区年收入可达150万至4440万美元。本研究建议投入火管理项目，以启动联合国生态修复十年计划，助力修复退化的非洲稀树草原，并保护濒危的关键草食动物与顶级捕食者。 开放获取论文：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.11.013