Carbon stock in Adaba-Dodola community forest of Danaba District, West-Arsi zone of Oromia Region, Ethiopia: An implication for climate change mitigation | Zendy

Nega Bazezew Muluken | Zendy; Soromessa Teshome | Zendy; Bayable Eyale | Zendy

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Carbon stock in Adaba-Dodola community forest of Danaba District, West-Arsi zone of Oromia Region, Ethiopia: An implication for climate change mitigation

Author(s) -

Nega Bazezew Muluken,

Soromessa Teshome,

Bayable Eyale

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of ecology and the natural environment

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2006-9847

DOI - 10.5897/jene2014.0493

Subject(s) - carbon stock , undergrowth , climate change mitigation , deforestation (computer science) , carbon sequestration , forest degradation , forestry , environmental science , agroforestry , climate change , stock (firearms) , sustainability , carbon fibers , reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation , carbon credit , environmental protection , geography , carbon dioxide , ecology , agriculture , mathematics , land degradation , archaeology , biology , algorithm , composite number , computer science , programming language

Forests can capture and retain enormous amount of carbon over long period of time. Their role in carbon emission balance is also well documented. However, especially in developing country, wide spread deforestation and forest degradation is continuing unknowingly and deliberately. This study was conducted to estimate carbon stock in dry Afromontane forest type of Danaba community forest (CF) of Oromia Regional State of Ethiopia. A systematic sampling method was used to identify each sampling point. Results revealed that the total mean carbon stock of the CF was 507.29 t·ha whereas trees share 319.43 t·ha, undergrowth shrubs 0.40 t·ha, litter, herbs and grasses (LHGs) 1.06 t·ha and soil organic carbon (SOC) 186.40 t·ha (up to 30 cm depth). The ultimate result implies that Danaba CF is a reservoir of high carbon. To enhance sustainability of the forest potentiality, the carbon sequestration should be integrated with reduced emission from deforestation and degradation (REDD) and clean development mechanism (CDM) carbon trading system of the Kyoto Protocol to get monetary benefit of CO2 mitigation.

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