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Biomass, Carbon Stock and Sequestration of Predominant Tree Species of Vikarabad Natural Forest Lands, Telangana, India


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1 Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030, India
2 Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030, India
3 Department of Bioenergy and Microbiology, College of Agriculture, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030, India
 

A study was conducted during 2019–20 to document the predominant tree species, biomass, carbon stock and sequestration of undisturbed natural forest lands (40 years) across the 18 mandals of the Vikarabad district (3386 sq. km area with 109,325 population) of Telangana state. Results revealed that the predominant tree species consisted of Eucalyptus grandis, Tectona grandis, Azadirachta indica and Ficus benghalensis. The highest total biomass, carbon stock and sequestration were registered with Eucalyptus grandis (179.08, 89.54 and 328.62 tonne ha–1 respectively) followed by Ficus benghalensis (140.66, 70.33 and 258.10 tonne ha–1 respectively) and Tamarindus indica (51.60, 25.80 and 94.68 tonne ha–1 respectively) and minimum with Pongamia pinnata (0.31, 0.15 and 0.57 tonne ha–1 respectively). Deviation in volume, carbon stock and sequestration was due to the variation in height, girth and biomass of individual tree species. The results identified the potent tree species with high C stocks and sequestration for regions with similar climates and useful for environmental education to the people for climate change mitigation.

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Biomass, Carbon Stock, Forest Lands, Pre-Dominant Tree Species, Sequestration, Undisturbed Forest Lands.
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Authors

M. R. Apoorva
Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030, India
G. Padmaja
Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030, India
S. H. K. Sharma
Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030, India
K. Bhanu Rekha
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030, India
S. Triveni
Department of Bioenergy and Microbiology, College of Agriculture, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030, India

Abstract


A study was conducted during 2019–20 to document the predominant tree species, biomass, carbon stock and sequestration of undisturbed natural forest lands (40 years) across the 18 mandals of the Vikarabad district (3386 sq. km area with 109,325 population) of Telangana state. Results revealed that the predominant tree species consisted of Eucalyptus grandis, Tectona grandis, Azadirachta indica and Ficus benghalensis. The highest total biomass, carbon stock and sequestration were registered with Eucalyptus grandis (179.08, 89.54 and 328.62 tonne ha–1 respectively) followed by Ficus benghalensis (140.66, 70.33 and 258.10 tonne ha–1 respectively) and Tamarindus indica (51.60, 25.80 and 94.68 tonne ha–1 respectively) and minimum with Pongamia pinnata (0.31, 0.15 and 0.57 tonne ha–1 respectively). Deviation in volume, carbon stock and sequestration was due to the variation in height, girth and biomass of individual tree species. The results identified the potent tree species with high C stocks and sequestration for regions with similar climates and useful for environmental education to the people for climate change mitigation.

Keywords


Biomass, Carbon Stock, Forest Lands, Pre-Dominant Tree Species, Sequestration, Undisturbed Forest Lands.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv125%2Fi3%2F324-329