Evaluation of forest carbon stock and land use of Solan Forest Division

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dc.contributor.advisorSharma, D.P.
dc.contributor.authorShah, Shipra
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-03T11:16:07Z
dc.date.available2017-06-03T11:16:07Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThe present investigation entitled, “Evaluation of Forest Carbon Stock and Land use of Solan Forest Division ” was carried out during 2009-2012 in Solan Forest Division of Himachal Pradesh, located between 30 o 45’ 00’’ to 31 o 10’00’’ N latitude and 76 o 55’00’’ to 77 o 15’00’ E longitude, at an elevation ranging from 600m to 2260 m a.m.s.l. to study land use change from 1998 to 2010 using IRS (LISS III) data, the temporal distribution of carbon stock and to assess the impact of climate change on forest growth. The major land use categories were Culturable Blank, Chir pine (Pinus roxburghii), Cultivation, Broadleaved, Bamboo (Dendrocalamus strictus), Ban oak (Quercus leucotrichophora) and Khair (Acacia catechu). Chir pine, Cultivation and Khair reported an increase in area of 191 ha (4.55%), 129 ha (13.81%) and 77 ha (23.40%), whereas Ban oak, Broadleaved, Culturable Blank and Bamboo reported a decrease in area of 181 ha (16.58%), 152 ha (6.30%), 71 ha (2.72%) and 7 ha (0.47%), respectively from 1998 to 2010. There was a declining trend in carbon stock over 1956-1984 period by 8875.87 t (20.39 t ha -1 ), an increasing trend over 1984-2002 period by 6201.34 t (14.25 t ha -1 ) and over 2002-2011 period there was a further increase by 2352.56 t (5.4 t ha -1 ). In 2011 total Vegetation Carbon Stock was 22253.43 t (51.13 t ha -1 ). In 2011the Soil Carbon Stock {Humus + Soil (0-100cm depth)} was 83076.05 t (189.29 t ha -1 ). Detritus carbon stock was 2544.94 t (5.61 t ha -1 ) and the total Ecosystem Carbon Stock (t) was 107874.40 t (247.87 t ha -1 . A significant linear relationship was observed between carbon stock and NDVI for 1998(R = 0.741) and 2010 (R = 0.663). The carbon prediction models were then used to develop carbon maps for Solan Forest Division. The carbon density (t ha -1 ) ranged from < 10.49 t ha -1 to 168.03 t ha -1 as per the 1998 imagery and as per the 2010 imagery it ranged from < 11.32 t ha -1 to 181.23 t ha -1 . The percent change in carbon stock ranged from < 0.71% to 11.49%. Current (2001-2010) and past (1983-2000) climatic scenario revealed that the region has experienced an increase in the maximum temperature while minimum temperature showed both an increasing as well as decreasing trend. Temperature in different seasons of the year viz. winter, spring, summer and autumn has shown increasing trends while precipitation in the form of rainfall decreased except in autumn. Ring width Index (RWI) was found to have a significant relationship with the average annual temperature ( 0 C) (R=0.68, P < 0.05) and with rainfall (R= 0.41,P < 0.05). Multiple regression between RWI & temperature and RWI & precipitation showed that temperature had a stronger effect on growth than precipitation and the effect of temperature became more pronounced in trees with advancement of age.fen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810017132
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherYSPUen_US
dc.subForestry
dc.subjectCarbon Stock, Soil, Landen_US
dc.these.typePh.D
dc.titleEvaluation of forest carbon stock and land use of Solan Forest Divisionen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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