Volume : IX, Issue : VII, July - 2019

Carbon sequestration potential of different forest ecosystems of Manipur, Northeast India

Amrabati Thokchom

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Rate of carbon sequestration potential were assessed in tropical, sub–tropical and temperate forest ecosystems of Manipur, Northeast India. Carbon stock in the aboveground biomass was recorded to be highest in the sub–tropical forest (319.18 Mg ha–1) followed by temperate (54.45 Mg ha–1) and tropical forest (38.35 Mg ha–1) The rates of carbon sequestration was in the order of the tropical>temperate> sub– tropical forest thus tropical forest being young sequestered more carbon than the other two old forests. Thus our study indicates that the young forests have a huge potential in the reduction of carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere and could be used as C–sinks in the Northeast India depending upon the level of protection.

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CARBON SEQUESTRATION POTENTIAL OF DIFFERENT FOREST ECOSYSTEMS OF MANIPUR, NORTHEAST INDIA, Amrabati Thokchom INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-7 | July-2019

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