Tree Species Richness and Carbon Stock in Tripura University Campus, Northeast India

Deb, Dipankar; Deb, Sourabh; Debbarma, Jaba; Bk, Datta

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“…For the nation's future urbanisation transition, establishing a urban and peri-urban forest in Agartala, Tripura (Majumdar and Selvan, 2018), 40.14 ton/ha in an urban freshwater wetland in Sri Lanka (Dayathilake et al, 2020), 808.9 ton/ha in urban green site foothill, Eastern Himalayas (Pradhan et al, 2022), 220.81 ton/ha in an urban forest patch, Pondicherry (Khadanga and Jayakumar, 2018), and 279 ton/ha in main land use of Allada plateau, Southern Benin, South Africa (Houssoukpevi et al, 2022) (Table 7). The estimated carbon stock was found also higher in this study compared to other Indian urban forest systems, for example, 3.22 ton/ha in Tripura University Campus, Northeast (Deb et al, 2016), 6.85 ton/ha in an urban and periurban forest in Agartala, Tripura (Majumdar and Selvan, 2018), 92.13 ton/ha in Education Institute, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh (Anjum et al, 2020), 139.11 ton/ha in an urban forest patch, Pondichery (Khadanga and Jayakumar, 2018), 434.72 ton/ha in urban green site foothill, Eastern Himalayas (Pradhan et al, 2022), and 25 ton/ha in an urban park under cold climate conditions, Finland (Linden et al, 2020) (Table 7). Several factors influence biomass and total vegetation carbon, including the age of the forest stand, tree density, diversity, and basal area (Sahoo et al, 2021).…”

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“…Biomass and carbon stocks are crucial quantitative aspects of forest ecology. The average aboveground biomass in this study was comparably higher than the other studies, For example, reported values are 9.58 ton/ha in Tripura University Campus, Northeast (Deb et al, 2016), 79.125 ton/ha in an urban forest, Jodhpur city, Rajsthan (Uniyal et al, 2022), 64.92 ton/ha in an soil organic carbon stock, in urban green site foothill was 50.82 ton/ha (Pradhan et al, 2022), in main land use of Allada plateau, Southern Benin, West Africa, it was 83 ton/ha (Houssoukpevi et al, 2022), and the value of soil organic carbon stock in an urban park under cold climate conditions, Finland was 104 ton/ha (Linden et al, 2020) (Table 7).…”

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Quantifying carbon Stock and tree species diversity of green infrastructure of Varanasi, India

Singh,

Singh

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The world is undergoing rapid urbanization and experiencing its negative impacts, often due to the loss of urban green infrastructure. This study focuses on the green infrastructure of Varanasi city, India, and analyses current tree species diversity, and carbon storage in aboveground and belowground biomass and soil. The study calculated the biomass of urban green infrastructure because it serves as a carbon stock reservoir. As random sampling, data were collected from 24 sample plots across various urban green infrastructure sites via rigorous fieldwork. The biomass was then recorded using a non-destructive approach and a standard equation by King et al.2006. The diversity of tree species was recorded across urban green infrastructure sites, and was found to be higher in the BHU site, and lower in the MA site. The Pielou’s evenness index and Margellef’s richness index were found to be higher in the BHU site, while they were found to be lower in UPAC and MA sites, respectively. Aboveground biomass and total carbon stock were found to be high in the BLW site, with values of 1939.84 ton/ha and 7806 ton/ha, respectively, with trees having a larger girth circumference being the primary contributors. The findings of this study prove a better understanding of tree species diversity, biomass, and carbon stock of different green infrastructure sites of Varanasi city and generate evidence on how urban green space preservation and green infrastructure development may help to the countries' green economic transformation and sustainable, resilient, and low-carbon cities.

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Quantifying carbon Stock and tree species diversity of green infrastructure of Varanasi, India

Singh,

Singh

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“…The results obtained on mean AGB and C storage of A. saman (AGB=36.8 ± 18.9 Mg ha -1 ; C=18.4 ± 9.45 Mg ha -1 ) is higher than in urban forest of Tripura university campus, Northeast India (AGB=11.81 Mg ha -1 ; C=5.91 Mg ha -1 [40] [30]; and, Oakland, USA (22 Mg ha -1 ; 11 Mg ha -1 ) [46]. The population of A. saman composed of relatively larger trees (mean DBH=80.95 cm) hence stored good amount of biomass and C in its aboveground parts.…”

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Aboveground Biomass Stockpile and Carbon Sequestration Potential of <i>Albizia saman</i> in Chennai Metropolitan City, India

Udayakumar¹,

Selvam²,

Sekar³

2018

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Albizia saman (Jacquin) F. Mueller belongs to the family Fabaceae (sub family: Mimosoideae) is a native to Northern South America. Commonly known as rain tree and locally known as Thoongu-moonchi maram (Tamil). The species' introduced during Colonial period as an ornamental tree in Chennai metropolitan city (CMC). Though A. saman represent as a dominant tree species' in CMC, there are voids in baseline data such as density, biomass stockpile, and annual C sequestration potential hence this study was conducted to fill these voids. A total of 2522 individuals which cover 1672.14 m 2 basal area (mean = 9.61 ± 4.95 m 2 ha -1 ; range = 0-24.96 m 2 ha -1 ) was recorded from study plots. During study period A. saman stocked a sum of 6403.51 Mg aboveground biomass (AGB) (mean = 36.8 ± 18.9 Mg ha -1 ; range = 0-95.4 Mg ha -1 ) and 3201.76 Mg C (mean = 18.9 ± 9.45 Mg ha -1 ; range = 0-47.7 Mg ha -1 ). C storage of individual tree ranged from 3.74 to 4598.18 kg with a mean value of 1269.53 ± 1082.25 kg. On an average, each tree achieved 1.04 ± 0.27 cm horizontal growth yr -1 . In a year A. saman population sequestered 111.23 Mg biomass in aboveground (in 174 ha). The mean C sequestration of study area was 319.62 ± 184.0 kg ha -1 year -1 . In total, the study area sequestered 55.62 Mg C year -1 . Overall, in a year A. saman absorbed 204.13 Mg CO 2 for C sequestration in study area. CO 2 absorption ranged from 385.46 to 3009.29 kg ha -1 yr -1 . The monetary value of C storage and annual sequestration of A. saman is also investigated. Though introduced from tropical Northern South America A. saman provides a considerable ecosystem services to CMC through C storage and sequestration. This study estimated monetary values of just two ecosystem services of A. saman, study that concentrates on all ecosystem services is essential to assess total actual ecosystem service values.

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“…10 3 ), Mangifera indica (5.9 × 10 3 ), Syzygium cumini (5.3 × 10 3 ). Differences between species in carbon sequestration and storage capacity are mainly determined by the differences in size distribution of trees (Kiss et al, 2015;Deb et al, 2016) and the fertility status of the soil (Singh et al, 2019).…”

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Green infrastructure of cities: an overview

Singh

Singh²,

Singh³

2020

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With growing urbanization cities are increasingly suffering due to the abundance of built-in spaces, concrete, mortar and tarmac, urban heat islands, increasing frequency of extreme heat events and climate change. The sustainable development goal 11, emphasizes on developing green infrastructure which could minimize the environmental footprint of the cities. In this paper, we discuss the role of green infrastructure in carbon sequestration, mitigating atmospheric pollution, moderating temperature and mitigating climate change, and management of storm water. We also discuss biodiversity of green infrastructure and the latter as habitat of organisms, and provide an overview of economic value of trees in the urban areas. Keywords: Green infrastructure, carbon sequestration, urban heat island, pollution abatement, urban biodiversity. According to Chenoweth et al. (2018), the green infrastructure of a city comprises various "natural and semi-natural green spaces, including parks and gardens, amenity green space, allotments and city farms, cemeteries and churchyards, green corridors such as rivers or railway embankments, conservation and nature reserves, and archaeological sites". The concept of green infrastructure covers the quality and quantity as well as the multifunctional roles of urban and peri-urban green spaces, and emphasizes the importance of interconnections between habitats (Turner, 1996; Rudlin and Falk, 1999; Sandströ m, 2002; Van der Ryn and Cowan, 1996). According to Tzoulas et al. (2007), a well-planned green infrastructure can provide both a framework for economic growth and nature conservation. The objectives of developing green infrastructure include improving human health and wellbeing, urban aesthetics, biodiversity conservation, water management, sustainable land management, climate change mitigation and adaptation, job creation, and urban regeneration (Chenoweth et al., 2018). Urban green spaces are also important for developing proenvironment attitudes among people as found out by an interesting survey in Pune (Budruk et al., 2009). In this paper, we discuss the role of green infrastructure in mitigating atmospheric pollution, carbon sequestration, moderation of temperature and mitigation of climate change, and management of storm water. We also discuss biodiversity of green infrastructure and the latter as habitat of organisms, and provide an overview of economic value of trees in the urban areas. Pollution mitigation and Carbon sequestration Urbanization degrades the environment by replacing natural landscapes, with manmade materials (Nowak, 2006). Heat, and emissions of various kinds associated with urbanization, affect not only the local and regional landscape but also the health of local people (Nowak, 2006). Urban vegetation can positively affect the local and regional air quality by removing air pollutants and altering the urban atmosphere. Urban trees remove air pollution primarily through uptake via leaf stomata and other parts of the plant surface (Mullaney et al., 2015). An increase...

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Tree Species Richness and Carbon Stock in Tripura University Campus, Northeast India

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Quantifying carbon Stock and tree species diversity of green infrastructure of Varanasi, India

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