Carbon Sequestration Potentiality of <i>Pinus roxburghii</i> Forest in Makawanpur District of Nepal

Pramod Ghimire

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Carbon Sequestration Potentiality of Pinus roxburghii Forest in Makawanpur District of Nepal

Pramod Ghimire

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Estimation of total carbon stock in any forest is very important as it provides ecological as well as economic benefits through various environmental services. The study was carried out to quantify the vegetation and soil carbon stock of natural Chirpine (Pinus roxburghii) forest of in sub-tropical region of Makawanpur district, Nepal. The inventory of estimating above and below ground biomass of forest was carried out using stratified random sampling method Forest biomass was calculated using standard allometric models. Soil samples were taken from soil profile up to 40 cm depth at the interval of 20 cm. Walkey and Black method (1934) was used for measuring soil organic carbon. Total amount of carbon stock in Pinus roxburghii forest was 213.05 t/ha with above ground carbon stock 140. 56 t/ha, below ground carbon stock 27.14 t/ha and soil organic carbon 45.35 t/ha respectively. Total carbon stock in Pinus roxburghii forest was composed of 66% for above ground, 21% by the soil and 13% by below ground. The study concluded that forest types and soil play an important role on total carbon sequestration. Hence, the goal of reducing carbon sources and increasing the carbon sink can be achieved efficiently by protecting and conserving the carbon pools in existing forests ecosystem.

Published in Journal of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering (Volume 4, Issue 1)

DOI 10.11648/j.jeece.20190401.12

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[1] IPCC, “Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report: Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry (Summary for Policymakers),” Geneva, Switzerland, 2000.

[2] K. Brown, and D. Pearce, “The economic value of non-market benefits of tropical forests: carbon storage,” In: Weiss, J. (ed.), The Economics of Project Appraisal and the Environment: New Horizon in Environment Economics (ed) Weiss, J., and E. Elgar, Aldershot, Aldershot Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, pp 102–123, 1994.

[3] R. M. Bajracharya, R. Lal, and J. M. Kimble, “Soil organic carbon distribution in aggregates and primary particle fractions as influenced by erosion phases and landscape position,” In Soil Processes and the Carbon Cycle Lal R., Kimble J., Follett R. and Stewart B. A. (Eds.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 353–367, 1998.

[4] R. Lal, “Soil Carbon Sequestration to mitigate climate change,” Geoderma 123 (1– 2):1–22, 2004.

[5] M. U. F. Kirschbaum, “The carbon sequestration potential of tree plantations in Australia,” In: (eds.), Environmental Management: The Role of Eucalypts and Other Fast Growing Species, Eldridge, K. G., Crowe, M. P., Old, K. M. CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, 77–89, 1996.

[6] K. Banskota, B. S. Karky, and M. Skutsch, “Reducing Carbon Emissions through community- managed Forests in the Himalayas,” International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Nepal, 2007. http://www.bookicimod.org accessed on 17 February, 2018.

[7] IPCC, “Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis,”- Summary for Policymakers. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Geneva, Switzerland, 2007.

[8] T. P. Upadhyay, P. L. Sankhayan, and B. Solberg, “A Review of carbon sequestration dynamics in the Himalayan region as a function of land use change and forest/soil degradation with special reference to Nepal,” Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 105: 449–465, 2005.

[9] P. Ghimire, B. Bhatta, B. Pokhrel, G. Kafle, and G., and P. Paudel, “Soil Organic Carbon Stocks Under Different Land Uses In Chure Region of Makawanpur District, Nepal,” SAARC Journal of Agriculture, 16 (2), Dec. 2018.

[10] P. Ghimire, B. Bhatta, B. Pokhrel, B. Sharma, B., and I. Shrestha, “Assessment of soil quality for different land uses in the Chure region of Central Nepal,” Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources (2018), 1 (1): 32-42, Dec. 2018.

[11] S. Brown, J. Sathaye, M. Cannell, and P. E. Kauppi, “Mitigation of carbon emissions to the atmosphere by forest management,” Complete Forestry Review 75 (1): 80-91, 1996.

[12] H. Gucinski, E. Vance, and W. A. Reiners, “Potential effect of global climate change,” United States, 1995.

[13] P. Ghimire, B. Bhatta, and G. Kafle, “Carbon Stocks in Shorea robusta and Pinus roxburghii Forests in Makawanpur District of Nepal,” Journal of Agriculture and Forestry University (2018), Vol. 2: 241-248, Aug. 2018.

[14] DoF, “Community Forestry Resource Inventory Guideline,” Department of Forest (DoF). Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2004.

[15] J. Chave, C. Andalo, S. Brown, M. A. Cairns, J. Q. Chambers, and D. Eamus, “Tree allometry and improved estimation of carbon stocks,” Oecologia, 87-99, 2005.

[16] J. K. Jackson, “Mannual of Afforestation in Nepal (Vol. 2),” Forest Research and Survey Centre (FRSC), Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation, Kathmandu Nepal. Pp 631-639, 1994.

[17] ANSAB, “Forest Carbon Stock Measurement: Guidelines for measuring carbon stocks in community-managed forests,” Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bio-resources (ANSAB), Federation of Community Forest User Groups and International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2010.

[18] K. G. MacDicken, “A Guide to Monitoring Carbon Storage in Forestry and Agro- forestry Projects,” In: Forest Carbon Monitoring Program. Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, Arlington, Virginia, 1997.

[19] E. O. McLean, “Soil pH and lime requirement. In Methods of soil analysis part 2: Chemical and microbiological properties Page,” A. L., Miller, R. M., Keeney, D. R., (eds.), 2nd edn. American Soc. of Agron. Monograph No. 9, ASA-SSSA, Inc., Madison, WI, USA, 199–224, 1982.

[20] A. Chhabra, S. Palria, and V. K. Dadhwal, “Soil organic carbon pool in Indian forests,” Forest Ecology and Management, 173 (1-3), 187-199, 2003.

[21] IPCC, “Intergovernmental Pannel on climate change (IPCC), Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories,” Volume 4. Agriculture Forestry and other land use, In Eggless tons. Buendia, L., Miwa, K. Nagara, T., Tabnabe, K. (Eds) Hayanma, Japan; Institute of for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), 2006.

[22] DFRS, “State of Nepal’s Forests. Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) Nepal,” Department of Forest Research and Survey (DFRS). Kathmandu, Nepal, 2015.

[23] S. K. Baral, R. Malla, and S. Ranabhat, “Above ground carbon stock assessment in different forest types of Nepal,” Banko Jankari, Vol 19 (2), pp. 10-14, 2009.

[24] H. Pant, and A. Tewari, “Carbon sequestration in Chir-Pine (Pinus roxburghii Sarg.) forests under various disturbance levels in Kumaun Central Himalaya,” Journal of Forestry Research (2014) 25 (2): 401-405, 2014.

[25] G. Kafle, “Vertical patterns of soil organic carbon and nitrogen in Pinus roxburghii and Pinus wallichiana forests of Daman hills, Nepal,” AFU Research Reports (Volume I). Directorate of Research and Extension, Agriculture and Forestry University, Nepal, 2014.

[26] M. K. Gupta, and S. D. Sharma, “Sequestrated Carbon: Organic Carbon Pool in the Soils' under Different Forest Covers and Land Uses in Garhwal Himalayan Region of India,” International Journal of Agriculture and Forestry: 2011; 1 (1): 14-20, 2011.

[27] S. Nepal, “A comparative study on carbon sequestration from two forest types in community forestry system,” A case study from coniferous and broad-leaved forests in Palpa District: B. Sc. Thesis, Tribhuvan University, Institute of Forestry, Nepal, 2006.

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Published in	Journal of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering (Volume 4, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.jeece.20190401.12
Page(s)	7-12
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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[1]	IPCC, “Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report: Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry (Summary for Policymakers),” Geneva, Switzerland, 2000.
[2]	K. Brown, and D. Pearce, “The economic value of non-market benefits of tropical forests: carbon storage,” In: Weiss, J. (ed.), The Economics of Project Appraisal and the Environment: New Horizon in Environment Economics (ed) Weiss, J., and E. Elgar, Aldershot, Aldershot Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, pp 102–123, 1994.
[3]	R. M. Bajracharya, R. Lal, and J. M. Kimble, “Soil organic carbon distribution in aggregates and primary particle fractions as influenced by erosion phases and landscape position,” In Soil Processes and the Carbon Cycle Lal R., Kimble J., Follett R. and Stewart B. A. (Eds.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 353–367, 1998.
[4]	R. Lal, “Soil Carbon Sequestration to mitigate climate change,” Geoderma 123 (1– 2):1–22, 2004.
[5]	M. U. F. Kirschbaum, “The carbon sequestration potential of tree plantations in Australia,” In: (eds.), Environmental Management: The Role of Eucalypts and Other Fast Growing Species, Eldridge, K. G., Crowe, M. P., Old, K. M. CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, 77–89, 1996.
[6]	K. Banskota, B. S. Karky, and M. Skutsch, “Reducing Carbon Emissions through community- managed Forests in the Himalayas,” International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Nepal, 2007. http://www.bookicimod.org accessed on 17 February, 2018.
[7]	IPCC, “Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis,”- Summary for Policymakers. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Geneva, Switzerland, 2007.
[8]	T. P. Upadhyay, P. L. Sankhayan, and B. Solberg, “A Review of carbon sequestration dynamics in the Himalayan region as a function of land use change and forest/soil degradation with special reference to Nepal,” Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 105: 449–465, 2005.
[9]	P. Ghimire, B. Bhatta, B. Pokhrel, G. Kafle, and G., and P. Paudel, “Soil Organic Carbon Stocks Under Different Land Uses In Chure Region of Makawanpur District, Nepal,” SAARC Journal of Agriculture, 16 (2), Dec. 2018.
[10]	P. Ghimire, B. Bhatta, B. Pokhrel, B. Sharma, B., and I. Shrestha, “Assessment of soil quality for different land uses in the Chure region of Central Nepal,” Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources (2018), 1 (1): 32-42, Dec. 2018.
[11]	S. Brown, J. Sathaye, M. Cannell, and P. E. Kauppi, “Mitigation of carbon emissions to the atmosphere by forest management,” Complete Forestry Review 75 (1): 80-91, 1996.
[12]	H. Gucinski, E. Vance, and W. A. Reiners, “Potential effect of global climate change,” United States, 1995.
[13]	P. Ghimire, B. Bhatta, and G. Kafle, “Carbon Stocks in Shorea robusta and Pinus roxburghii Forests in Makawanpur District of Nepal,” Journal of Agriculture and Forestry University (2018), Vol. 2: 241-248, Aug. 2018.
[14]	DoF, “Community Forestry Resource Inventory Guideline,” Department of Forest (DoF). Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2004.
[15]	J. Chave, C. Andalo, S. Brown, M. A. Cairns, J. Q. Chambers, and D. Eamus, “Tree allometry and improved estimation of carbon stocks,” Oecologia, 87-99, 2005.
[16]	J. K. Jackson, “Mannual of Afforestation in Nepal (Vol. 2),” Forest Research and Survey Centre (FRSC), Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation, Kathmandu Nepal. Pp 631-639, 1994.
[17]	ANSAB, “Forest Carbon Stock Measurement: Guidelines for measuring carbon stocks in community-managed forests,” Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bio-resources (ANSAB), Federation of Community Forest User Groups and International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2010.
[18]	K. G. MacDicken, “A Guide to Monitoring Carbon Storage in Forestry and Agro- forestry Projects,” In: Forest Carbon Monitoring Program. Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, Arlington, Virginia, 1997.
[19]	E. O. McLean, “Soil pH and lime requirement. In Methods of soil analysis part 2: Chemical and microbiological properties Page,” A. L., Miller, R. M., Keeney, D. R., (eds.), 2nd edn. American Soc. of Agron. Monograph No. 9, ASA-SSSA, Inc., Madison, WI, USA, 199–224, 1982.
[20]	A. Chhabra, S. Palria, and V. K. Dadhwal, “Soil organic carbon pool in Indian forests,” Forest Ecology and Management, 173 (1-3), 187-199, 2003.
[21]	IPCC, “Intergovernmental Pannel on climate change (IPCC), Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories,” Volume 4. Agriculture Forestry and other land use, In Eggless tons. Buendia, L., Miwa, K. Nagara, T., Tabnabe, K. (Eds) Hayanma, Japan; Institute of for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), 2006.
[22]	DFRS, “State of Nepal’s Forests. Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) Nepal,” Department of Forest Research and Survey (DFRS). Kathmandu, Nepal, 2015.
[23]	S. K. Baral, R. Malla, and S. Ranabhat, “Above ground carbon stock assessment in different forest types of Nepal,” Banko Jankari, Vol 19 (2), pp. 10-14, 2009.
[24]	H. Pant, and A. Tewari, “Carbon sequestration in Chir-Pine (Pinus roxburghii Sarg.) forests under various disturbance levels in Kumaun Central Himalaya,” Journal of Forestry Research (2014) 25 (2): 401-405, 2014.
[25]	G. Kafle, “Vertical patterns of soil organic carbon and nitrogen in Pinus roxburghii and Pinus wallichiana forests of Daman hills, Nepal,” AFU Research Reports (Volume I). Directorate of Research and Extension, Agriculture and Forestry University, Nepal, 2014.
[26]	M. K. Gupta, and S. D. Sharma, “Sequestrated Carbon: Organic Carbon Pool in the Soils' under Different Forest Covers and Land Uses in Garhwal Himalayan Region of India,” International Journal of Agriculture and Forestry: 2011; 1 (1): 14-20, 2011.
[27]	S. Nepal, “A comparative study on carbon sequestration from two forest types in community forestry system,” A case study from coniferous and broad-leaved forests in Palpa District: B. Sc. Thesis, Tribhuvan University, Institute of Forestry, Nepal, 2006.