ESTIMATION OF BIOMASS CARBON STOCK AT THREE PLANTATION SITES IN SHER-E-BANGLA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
Date
2013
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
DEPT. OF AGROFORESTRY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Abstract
Urban forests play an important role in mitigating hazards evolved due to
climate change through sequestering atmospheric carbon dioxide. The study
was conducted at three plantation systems in Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural
University Campus
,
169.37 ± 34 Mgha
-1
and 206.19 ± 42 Mgha
-1
, respectively. When three
plantation systems considered as whole, the mean biomass carbon, basal area,
stem density, mean DBH were 174.24 ± 21 Mgha
-1
, 34.16 ± 3.51 m
,
1096.87 ± 121.10, 19.83 ± 1.63 cm, respectively. This study reveals that the
urban institutional forest is rich in terms of plant species and carbon stocks and
similar work should be extended to other urban green space in order to know
the overall carbon stocks in Dhaka City.
Description
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University,
Dhaka, in partial fulfillment
of the requirements
for the degree
of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
AGROFORESTRY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Keywords
BIOMASS CARBON STOCK, THREE PLANTATION SITES,