A comparative study on carbon pool in disturbed and undisturbed stands of oak (Quercus leucotrichophora)
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2005-06
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G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand)
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The forest is a fundamental natural resource that represents value for many aspects of human development. Forests provide a lot of goods and environmental services, which must be properlyaccounted to evaluate the total dconomic value of the forest. Theree has been a growing recognition of the intangible benefits desived ftom the forest, like the role of forest in meetigating the effect of green house gases by carbon sequestration. During the course of this study, carbon sequestration, one of the major intangible benefits is valued by using replacement cost method. The value of the carbon stored in forest is evaluated by the cost that would be in curd in offsetting by alternatives means the CO2 realised by forest plant conversion. The present study was undertaken in the Oak forest of Nainital, to assesss the prelocked stocek of carbon in two oak forest of varying degree of distrubencee. The present status pf the forest was studied by standard ecological methods. The biomass stored was determine byt using the allometric equations. Results showed that in case of stock forest , the contribution of querces to the total forest biomasss was 84% ehich decreased to 62% in disturbed forest site> The carbon content was determinewd by Ash method and by regrewsssion methods. The bioles stem had the maximum carbon percentage followed by twigs and leaves. Acconting for the above grown carbon stocks only in the forest yield and annual flow of U$ 1179621 – IS $ 93544.7. This reflects the immense economic and ecological value of the forest.
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