scholarly journals Floristic Inventory and Evaluation of Carbon Sequestration Potential of the Misomuni Forest Massif, Kikwit City (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Masens Da-Musa Y.B. ◽  
Briki K. Cyril ◽  
Masens Mandung ◽  
Koto-Te-Nyiwa Ngbolua
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
Carbon Equivalent ◽  
Carbon Sequestration Potential ◽  
Floristic Inventory ◽  
Breast Height ◽  
Sequestration Potential ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
Pentadesma Butyracea

The aim of this study was to inventory plant biodiversity and to evaluate the carbon sequestration potential of the Misomuni forest massif. An inventory of all trees with diameter at breast height (dbh) ≥ 10 cm measured at 1.30 m height was performed. The aerial biomass (AGB) was used for estimating the stored CO2 and its carbon equivalent. 88 plant species belonging to 71 genera and 32 families were inventoried. Fabaceae family displayed the highest number of species and genera. The highest basal area values were displayed by Scorodophloeus zenkeri (7.34 ± 2.45 m2 /ha), Brachystegia laurentii (5.82 ± 1.94 m2 /ha), Entandrophragma utile (5.28 ± 1.94 m2 /ha), Pentadesma butyracea (4.53 ± 1.51 m2 /ha). The highest values of stored carbon and their carbon equivalent were observed in Pentadesma butyracea (15.13 ± 5.00 and 50.55 ± 16.85 t/ha), Picralima nitida (7.02 ± 2.34 and 23.66 ± 7.88 t/ha), Strombosia tetandra (6.56 ± 2.18 and 22.10 ± 7.36 t/ha). The Misomuni forest massif is thus much floristically diversified and plays a significant role in the sequestration of CO2. The total AGB of the inventoried trees is 183.78 ± 61.26 t/ha corresponding to stored carbon and carbon equivalent of 96.63 ± 32.21 t/ha and 289.92 ± 96.64 t/ha respectively. The protection of this ecosystem is highly needed for combatting climatic changes at local, national and regional scales and for the conservation biodiversity habitat.

A new remote sensing-based carbon sequestration potential index (CSPI): A tool to support land carbon management

2021 ◽  
Vol 494 ◽  
pp. 119343
Author(s):  
Adrián Pascual ◽  
Christian P. Giardina ◽  
Paul C. Selmants ◽  
Leah J. Laramee ◽  
Gregory P. Asner
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Carbon Management ◽  
Carbon Sequestration Potential ◽  
Potential Index ◽  
Sequestration Potential

Carbon sequestration potential of green roofs using mixed-sewage-sludge substrate in Chengdu World Modern Garden City

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 247-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongbing Luo ◽  
Xiaoling Liu ◽  
Bruce C. Anderson ◽  
Ke Zhang ◽  
Xiaoting Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Sewage Sludge ◽  
Green Roofs ◽  
Garden City ◽  
Carbon Sequestration Potential ◽  
Sequestration Potential

A perceptive study on carbon sequestration potential of Acacia catechu in the Mukundara National Park Rajasthan-India

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Nidhi Chaturvedi, ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Aboveground Biomass ◽  
National Park ◽  
Carbon Sequestration Potential ◽  
Acacia Species ◽  
Significant Function ◽  
Sequestration Potential ◽  
Acacia Catechu

The carbon sequestration potential of an unmanaged and previously unstudied Acacia catechu in the Mukundara National Park Rajasthan, by estimating the total aboveground biomass contained in the forest. It turned into observed that the biomass, above ground comprising of stems, branches, and foliage, holds a total of 200 tons per hectare, foremost to a valued 100 tons of carbon being deposited per hectare aboveground. Acacia species consequently has the potential to play a significant function within the mitigation of climate change. The relation among the biomass, M, of each component (stems, branches, and foliage) and the diameter d, of the plant become also studied, by means of fitting allometric equations of the form M = αdβ. It was observed that all components fit this power law relation very well (R2 > 0.7), chiefly the stems (R2 > 0.8) and branches (R2 > 0.9) for which the relation is found to be almost linear.

Carbon Stocks of Linear Category of Trees Out Side Forest in Anantapuramu District, Andhra Pradesh, India

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 303-308
Author(s):  
G. Kavitha ◽  
S. Salamma ◽  
M. Ramesh ◽  
Mudavath Naik ◽  
M. Kumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Basal Area ◽  
Carbon Stocks ◽  
Linear Structures ◽  
Carbon Sequestration Potential ◽  
Sequestration Potential ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Angiosperm Species ◽  
Linear Category ◽  
Total Tree ◽  
Trees Outside Forest

In the present study, carbon stocks of linear structures of trees outside forest in Anantapuramu district was estimated through sampling of 344 (0.1 ha) plots. A total of 4229 tree individuals belonging to 66 angiosperm species were enumerated in the sampled plots. The mean tree density is 122.8per ha; mean diameter at breast height 4.04 m; mean basal area 15.43 m2 ha-1.Mean volume of trees with >10 cm diameter is 15.50 m3 ha-1; mean total tree biomass is 120.81 tons ha-1.The mean carbon stock is 57.385 tons ha-1 and extrapolated biomass and carbon content for linear structures are 0.176 Mt and 0.083 Mt respectively. The carbon sequestration potential of trees outside forests of Anantapuramu district is estimated at 0.304 Mt.

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