Green patches as carbon reservoir: A case study from Dhruba Chand Halder College, West Bengal

Abstract

In the context of Climate change, greenhouse gas mitigation is one of the major concerns of the present era. Carbon sequestration by green plants is one of the most important processes for the reduction of carbon dioxide emission. Trees are the major sinks for atmospheric carbon. In the present study we evaluated the stored carbon in the dominant trees of Dhruba Chand Halder College (formerly Dakshin Barasat College) campus through the assessment of Above Ground Stem Biomass (AGSB) and Above Ground Stem Carbon (AGSC) of each species. AGSB ranged from 0.631 tonnes (Delonix regia) to 21.343 tonnes (Swietenia macrophylla) and AGSC ranged from 0.291 tonnes (Delonix regia) to 10.437 tonnes (Swietenia macrophylla) during study period. The assessment of the carbon dioxide equivalent for the species reveals considerable potential of the trees in off-setting atmospheric carbon dioxide.

Aboveground Biomass Stockpile and Carbon Sequestration Potential of <i>Albizia saman</i> in Chennai Metropolitan City, India

“…In an earlier tree diversity study conducted across different land uses of CMC A. saman constituted 6% tree community and topped in the list of important value index (IVI) among 45 species [10]. Likewise, A. saman constituted a considerable proportion of tree communities in urban forests of Bangalore and West Bengal, India [33,34]; Bangkok, Thailand [35,36]; Chittagong, Bangladesh [15] and USA [37].…”