Carbon pool analysis of standing trees in urban parks in Jabalpur city of Madhya Pradesh
Urban parks and gardens are considered as lungs of the cities and urban areas play significant role in global carbon cycle. Under the current examination, a study was carried out in one park and two gardens of cantonment area of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Carbon sequestration by standing trees were estimated in two gardens namely Tagore Garden (3 ha.) and Suramya Garden (1.25 ha.) alongwith one Children’s Park (1.0 ha.) monitored and governed by the Jabalpur Cantonment Board. Carbon pool analysis is also taken into account for tree species in these three gardens. Total standing trees inside these two gardens and one park are 197, 86 and 132 respectively. Carbon sequestration in Tagore Garden was recorded highest 132.067 tons followed by 56.771 tons in Children’s Park and 27.67 tons in Suramya Garden. Number of different tree species found were maximum in Tagore garden (37) followed by Children’s Park (22) and Suramya Garden (16). Among 37 different species in Tagore Garden, Fishtail Palm (Caryota urens) was in maximum number (33) followed by Mango (Mangifera indica) 29 and Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) and Bottle Palm (Hyophorbe lagenicaulis) both 18.Total carbon sequestration by these species are 10.78, 20.08 and 18.82 tons, respectively. In Children’s Park, Jamun (Syzygium cumini) was found maximum in numbers (38) followed by Mango (Mangifera indica) and Bottle Palm (Hyophorbe labenicaulis) both 20. Total Carbon sequestration by these species are 19.49, 6.90 and 1.60 tons, respectively. Suramya Garden is dominantly spread by one species i.e. Fish tail Palm (Caryota urens) as there are 47 trees found in the garden, next in terms of number is Kachnar (Bahunia variegata) as there were only 10 trees. Benefits from trees in climate mitigation and value of urban parks to well being of local communities in terms of health and other benefits are discussed in this paper. Carbon pool analysis was done to observe rate of carbon sequestration by each species. Key words: Carbon sequestration, parks and garden, climate change mitigation, Public health. ID: 3480471
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FAO ;
2022
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| Online Access: | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/CC1340EN http://www.fao.org/3/cc1340en/cc1340en.pdf |
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