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Carbon stocks in Shorea robusta and Pinus roxburghii forests in Makawanpur district of Nepal / Parmod Ghimire in Journal of Agriculture and Forestry University, Volume 2 (2018)
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Title : Carbon stocks in Shorea robusta and Pinus roxburghii forests in Makawanpur district of Nepal Material Type: printed text Authors: Parmod Ghimire, Author ; Gandhiv Kafle, Author ; B. Bhatta, Author Publication Date: 2018 Article on page: 241-248 p. Languages : English (eng) Keywords: Carbon stock, forest, Nepal, climate change Abstract: Forests are natural carbon sink, and play an important role in sequestrating the atmospheric carbon
into biomass and soil. As both carbon sources and sinks, they have the potential to form important
components to combat global climate change. The study was carried out in Shorea robusta forest in
tropical region and Pinus roxburghii forest in sub-tropical region of Makawanpur district, Nepal. The
inventory for estimating above and below ground biomass of forest was carried out using stratified
random sampling. Forest biomass was calculated using standard allometric models. Soil samples
were taken from soil profile up to 60 cm depth at the interval of 20 cm. Walkey and Black method
(1934) was used for measuring soil organic carbon. Total biomass carbon in Shorea robusta and Pinus
roxburghii forest was 170.75t/ha and 144.96 t/ha, respectively. Soil carbon sequestration in Shorea
robusta and Pinus roxburghii forest was 58.82 and 43.94 t/ha, respectively. Total carbon sequestration
in Shorea robusta forest was 1.21 times higher than in the Pinus roxburghii forest. Shorea robusta and
Pinus roxburghii forests have found potentiality in contributing to the global goal of climate change
mitigation through storage of carbon, hence wise use and sustainable management of forest resources
are recommended.Link for e-copy: https://afu.edu.np/sites/default/files/Carbon_stocks_in_Shorea_robusta_and_Pinus [...]
in Journal of Agriculture and Forestry University > Volume 2 (2018) . - 241-248 p.[article] Carbon stocks in Shorea robusta and Pinus roxburghii forests in Makawanpur district of Nepal [printed text] / Parmod Ghimire, Author ; Gandhiv Kafle, Author ; B. Bhatta, Author . - 2018 . - 241-248 p.
Languages : English (eng)
in Journal of Agriculture and Forestry University > Volume 2 (2018) . - 241-248 p.
Keywords: Carbon stock, forest, Nepal, climate change Abstract: Forests are natural carbon sink, and play an important role in sequestrating the atmospheric carbon
into biomass and soil. As both carbon sources and sinks, they have the potential to form important
components to combat global climate change. The study was carried out in Shorea robusta forest in
tropical region and Pinus roxburghii forest in sub-tropical region of Makawanpur district, Nepal. The
inventory for estimating above and below ground biomass of forest was carried out using stratified
random sampling. Forest biomass was calculated using standard allometric models. Soil samples
were taken from soil profile up to 60 cm depth at the interval of 20 cm. Walkey and Black method
(1934) was used for measuring soil organic carbon. Total biomass carbon in Shorea robusta and Pinus
roxburghii forest was 170.75t/ha and 144.96 t/ha, respectively. Soil carbon sequestration in Shorea
robusta and Pinus roxburghii forest was 58.82 and 43.94 t/ha, respectively. Total carbon sequestration
in Shorea robusta forest was 1.21 times higher than in the Pinus roxburghii forest. Shorea robusta and
Pinus roxburghii forests have found potentiality in contributing to the global goal of climate change
mitigation through storage of carbon, hence wise use and sustainable management of forest resources
are recommended.Link for e-copy: https://afu.edu.np/sites/default/files/Carbon_stocks_in_Shorea_robusta_and_Pinus [...]