ABSTRACT
Typical landscapes of northern Kazakhstan are steppe and forest-steppe. Total area of such regions exceeds 1 m km2, about 30% of the total area of the Republic. Carbon sequestration in vegetation in these regions can be achieved by sequestration in natural grasses and in cultivated crops. The most fertile parts of this region (more than 10 m ha) are used for cultivation of spring crops. So an estimation of CO2 sequestration requires development of methods of estimating productivity of local vegetation, and control of the steppe fires which are a common occurrence in this zone. The satellite data are an objective source of the information for monitoring vegetation growth and fires in the steppe regions of Kazakhstan, and are useful to the decision-making process relevant to CO2 sequestration.
