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Carbon Storage in Bamboo (Schizostachyum Dullooa) Forest of Barak Valley, Southern Assam, India


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1 Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar 788 011, India
 

The earth’s mean atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in 2018 was recorded at 410 ppm (parts per million), which is the highest in the past 800,000 years1. CO2 is one of the important longlived greenhouse gases (GHGs) that absorbs wavelengths of thermal energy and adds to the greenhouse effect in a unique way1. In January 2018, temperature across the earth’s land and ocean surfaces was 0.71°C above the 20th century average of 12.0°C (ref. 2). In this regard, enhancing sinks for ever-increasing CO2 concentration through promoting biotic reservoirs has been appreciated by the global scientific community as a strategy for climate change mitigation3. Further, identifying high carbon storage terrestrial ecosystems can advance our understanding on better management of CO2 as organic carbon in vegetation and soil. The specific aim of the present study is to explore the organic carbon storage of Schizostachyum dullooa forest in Barak Valley part of North East India.
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Authors

Mukta Chandra Das
Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar 788 011, India
Arun Jyoti Nath
Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar 788 011, India
Ashesh Kumar Das
Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar 788 011, India

Abstract


The earth’s mean atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in 2018 was recorded at 410 ppm (parts per million), which is the highest in the past 800,000 years1. CO2 is one of the important longlived greenhouse gases (GHGs) that absorbs wavelengths of thermal energy and adds to the greenhouse effect in a unique way1. In January 2018, temperature across the earth’s land and ocean surfaces was 0.71°C above the 20th century average of 12.0°C (ref. 2). In this regard, enhancing sinks for ever-increasing CO2 concentration through promoting biotic reservoirs has been appreciated by the global scientific community as a strategy for climate change mitigation3. Further, identifying high carbon storage terrestrial ecosystems can advance our understanding on better management of CO2 as organic carbon in vegetation and soil. The specific aim of the present study is to explore the organic carbon storage of Schizostachyum dullooa forest in Barak Valley part of North East India.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv116%2Fi10%2F1631-1366