Carbon storage and sequestration potential of selected tree species in India

Kaul, Meenakshi; Mohren, Frits; Dadhwal, V. K.

doi:10.1007/s11027-010-9230-5

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“…In the present study, aboveground carbon stocks in P. deltoides increased from 3.9 Mg ha -1 at 1 year to 94.7 Mg ha -1 at 11 years. These observed values are comparable to the estimates of Chauhan et al (2010) for P. deltoides (62.5 Mg ha -1 ) and Kaul et al (2010) for fastgrowing short-rotation forests (101-134 Mg C ha -1 ). The aboveground carbon stocks were also comparable to the findings of Rizvi et al (2011) for P. deltoides at a 7-year rotation (65.62 Mg ha -1 and 52.11 Mg ha -1 at 2 different locations).…”

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Dış Ortam Koşullarında Bazı Poliüretan Esaslı Üst Yüzey Sistemlerinin Odun Yüzeyini Koruma Performansı

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2015

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IntroductionTree growth serves as an important means of capturing and storing atmospheric carbon in vegetation, soil, and biomass products. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has recognized the importance of plantation forestry as a greenhouse gas mitigation option, as well as the need to monitor, preserve, and enhance terrestrial carbon stocks (Updegraff et al., 2004). Due to fast growth and better silvicultural practices and management, plantation forestry has an edge over natural forests. Projections of the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry suggest that significant funds could potentially be available to finance sustainable rural development and adaptation to climate change, as the carbon market may exceed US $1 trillion by 2025 (ICRAF, 2009). Poplar (Populus deltoides W.Bartram ex Marshall), a short-rotation plantation crop, has received wide acceptance during the last 3 decades in India. Due to its fast growing habit, its compatibility with agriculture crops, and high industrial requirements, the species is widely grown in Indo-Gangetic region of the country. An area of 312,000 ha is planted with P. deltoides in the country, out of which 60% is block plantation and 40% is bund plantation (ICFRE, 2012). The tree is harvested at a short rotation of 7-10 years, which provides a yield of 150-200 m 3 ha -1 (mean annual increment of 20-25 m 3 ha -1 per year) in block plantations and 12-20 m 3 ha -1 (mean annual increment of 2-3 m 3 ha -1 per year) in boundary plantations (Kishwan and Kumar, 2013). The wood of the tree is mainly used for plywood manufacturing in India. The branches, tops, and roots of the trees are also used by plywood industries as fuel, which helps reduce fossil fuel use. Due to its fast growth and wider adoptability, the tree has huge potential to sequester carbon and mitigate CO 2 from the atmosphere (

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confidence: 90%

Dış Ortam Koşullarında Bazı Poliüretan Esaslı Üst Yüzey Sistemlerinin Odun Yüzeyini Koruma Performansı

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2015

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“…Longer rotation lengths have been simulated using models such as CO2fix (Nabuurs & Schelhass, 2002;Masera et al, 2003), which have pointed to the effectiveness of this strategy in achieving higher amounts of carbon (e.g., Kaipainen et al, 2004;Kaul et al, 2010;Nizami et al, 2014;Prada et al, 2016). However, the existing literature on this subject contains scarce real examples of extended rotation periods, which would be necessary to confirm the model predictions.…”

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Forest management and carbon sequestration in the Mediterranean region: A review

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Aim of study: TTo review and acknowledge the value of carbon sequestration by forest management in the Mediterranean area. Material and methods:We review the main effects of forest management by comparing the effects of silvicultural systems (even-aged vs. uneven-aged stands, coppice systems, agroforestry systems), silvicultural options (thinning, rotation period, species composition), afforestation, harvesting, fire impact or effects of shrub layer on carbon sequestration in the Mediterranean area.Main results: We illustrate as forest management can clearly improve forest carbon sequestration amounts. We conclude that forest management is an effective way to maintain and enhance high carbon sequestration rates in order to cope with climate change and provision of ecosystem services. We also think that although much effort has been put into this topic research, there are still certain gaps that must be dealt with to increase our scientific knowledge and in turn transfer this knowledge to forest practitioners in order to achieve sustainable management aimed at mitigating climate change.Research highlights: It is important to underline the importance of forests in the carbon cycle as this role can be enhanced by forest managers through sustainable forest management. The effects of different management options or disturbances can be critical as regards mitigating climate change. Understanding the effects of forest management is even more important in the Mediterranean area, given that the current high climatic variability together with historical human exploitation and disturbance events make this area more vulnerable to the effects of climate change.Additional keywords: global carbon cycle; forest sink; forest mitigation strategies; carbon sequestration potential; climate change mitigation; Mediterranean forests.

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“…) in India, estimated by a dynamic growth model (CO2FIX) [12]. Although C storage of each component tended to increase with age, the proportion of carbon stored in leaves, branches, and roots relative to that in total tree biomass decreased with age.…”

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“…Most of the total carbon in plantations is stored in aboveground biomass (trunk, branches, foliage) [8,9]. Many researchers have focused only on carbon sequestration by the tree [8,[10][11][12]; less is known about the carbon pool in understory vegetation. The understory is an important functional component of the forest ecosystem, especially in plantations; management practices for the understory affect the aboveground biomass and carbon pool [13,14].…”

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Carbon Storage in a Eucalyptus Plantation Chronosequence in Southern China

Zeng

Peng

et al. 2015

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Patterns of carbon (C) allocation across different stages of stand development in Eucalyptus urophylla × E. grandis plantations are not well understood. In this study, we examined biomass and mineral soil C content in five development stages (1, 2, 3, 4-5, and 6-8 years old) of a Eucalyptus stand in southern China. The tree biomass C pool increased with stand age and showed a high annual rate of accumulation. Stems accounted for the highest proportion of biomass C sequestered. The C pool in mineral soil increased initially after afforestation and then declined gradually, with C density decreasing with soil depth. The upper 50 cm of soil contained the majority (57%-68%) of sequestered C. The other biomass components (shrubs, herbaceous plants, litter, and fine roots) accounted for <5% of the total ecosystem C pool. Total C pools in the Eucalyptus plantation ecosystem were 112.9, 172.5, 203.8, 161.1, in the five developmental stages, respectively, with most of the C sequestered below ground. We conclude that Eucalyptus plantations have considerable biomass C sequestration potential during stand development. OPEN ACCESSForests 2015, 6 1764

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Carbon storage and sequestration potential of selected tree species in India

Abstract: CO2FIX, Eucalyptus, Teak, Poplar, Sal, Forest simulation model, Thinning, Rotation length,

Cited by 160 publications

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Dış Ortam Koşullarında Bazı Poliüretan Esaslı Üst Yüzey Sistemlerinin Odun Yüzeyini Koruma Performansı

Dış Ortam Koşullarında Bazı Poliüretan Esaslı Üst Yüzey Sistemlerinin Odun Yüzeyini Koruma Performansı

Forest management and carbon sequestration in the Mediterranean region: A review

Carbon Storage in a Eucalyptus Plantation Chronosequence in Southern China

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