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Community-based management of forests is about avoiding deforestation. As community holds the management responsibilities, it improves forest condition increasing potential to capture larger amount of atmospheric carbon. Forest has a high potential of reducing carbon emission in addition to various environmental services as well as socio economic benefits.
Community-based management of forests is about avoiding deforestation. As community holds the management responsibilities, it improves forest condition increasing potential to capture larger amount of atmospheric carbon. Forest has a high potential of reducing carbon emission in addition to various environmental services as well as socio economic benefits.
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Community-based management of forests is about avoiding deforestation. As community holds the management responsibilities, it improves forest condition increasing potential to capture larger amount of atmospheric carbon. Forest has a high potential of reducing carbon emission in addition to various environmental services as well as socio economic benefits.
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Role of Janakauli Buffer Zone Forest in Reducing Carbon Emission1
Nira Bhatta, nirabhatta@hotmail.com
Abstract
Community-based management of forests is about avoiding deforestation and about avoiding
forest degradation by implementing protective measures. Permanent loss of CO2 from terrestrial ecosystem by conversion of land use and loss of biomass can be reduced by avoiding deforestation thereby reducing carbon emission. As community holds the management responsibilities, it improves forest condition increasing potential to capture larger amount of atmospheric carbon both in soil as well as in vegetation. Community forest of Nepal has been recognized under Reduced Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) policy put forward in CoP 13 of UNFCCC. The general objective of the study is to determine carbon stock capacity of the Janakauli Buffer Community Forest and evaluate the potential of the forest in reducing carbon emission. Field visit was conducted to estimate biomass carbon and soil organic carbon (SOC). Questionnaire survey was carried out to obtain additional information regarding forest management. Data analysis was based on various equations, laboratory analysis and interpretations. ANOVA analysis was carried out to compare SOC content of forest with farmland and barren land. Janakauli BZCF has a total carbon stock of 19359.67 ton with mean carbon stock of 40.77 t C ha-1 in soil and 287.36 t C ha-1 in vegetation biomass. Carbon stock in forest soil is greater than adjacent farmland (35.2 t C ha-1) and barren land (17.70 t C ha-1), thus additional amount of carbon is stored in Janakauli BZCF which otherwise would have been lost into atmosphere. As very little amount of forest products are harvested by user community and the community strictly manages the forest, there is less possibility of leakage of carbon. The forest is still in growing stage, therefore, has a high potential of reducing carbon emission in addition to various environmental services as well as socio economic benefits. When provided permission to sell carbon credits in the global carbon market, Janakauli BZCF could generate financial revenue and also serve as an incentive for the local people to better manage their forest as well as it would help in strengthening the community as a whole. Keywords Global warming, Climate change, Carbon sink, Carbon stock, Community forest, Avoided deforestation, Carbon emission reduction
1 M.Sc. Thesis, College of Applied Sciences-Nepal, 2009
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International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology