期刊名称：International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology
印刷版ISSN：2347-6710
电子版ISSN：2319-8753
出版年度：2017
卷号：6
期号：7
页码：15075
DOI：10.15680/IJIRSET.2017.0607332
出版社：S&S Publications
摘要：The main objective of the study was to assess the total carbon sequestration potential of trees and soilfrom Swami Shantiprakash garden in Ulhasnagar. The garden under study covers an area of 1.90 acres (approximately0.77 ha) and houses around 171 trees belonging to 29 genus. GIS interpretation of the garden was also piloted to predictthe biomass. The colour scheme in the GIS map represents the vegetation density. Greener colour towards the northindicates higher density followed by yellow for moderate and red for scarce vegetation. The AGB (443.0058Kgs), BGB(115.1819Kgs) of all the trees was summed up to the Total biomass of 555.81982Kgs. The organic carbon of thestanding live tree was 0.277 tons. Samanea saman(15)contributed around 190.0939Kgs while Polyalthia longifolia (72)contributed 191.4615 Kgs of biomass, together accounting to 68% of the total biomass. Maximum CO2 wassequestered by Polyalthia longifolia(0.3509 tons) and Samanea saman(0.3484tons). However trees of Samanea werehuge belonging to higher DBH class and may show decreased potential in future due to ageing, as compared toPolyalthia that are young trees belonging to lower DBH Classes. Carbon stock of the soil (SOC) was studied depthwise and found to be 41.39ton ha-1, 28.65 ton ha-1and 30.52ton ha-1for depth at 10 cm, 20 cm and 30 cm, respectively.The sustainable development of the urban trees is important to protect the developing world from the adverse effects ofclimate change and global warming.
