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- Title
Ecosystem Carbon Stock Assessment in Upland Forest: A Case Study in Koh Kong, Mondulkiri, Preah Vihear, and Siem Reap Provinces.
- Authors
SOBEN KIM; SARUN HORN; PHEAK SOK; TEAMHY SIEN; CHOMROEUN YORN
- Abstract
The climate change problem is caused by human-induced increases in the stock of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere. In Cambodia, forests provide many important ecosystem services to local people such as food production, natural medicine, water supply, and wind/storm protection. Additionally, Cambodian forests sequester a considerable amount of carbon, contributing to the mitigation of greenhouse gas-induced climate change on a global level. However, the amount of carbon stored in forests differs according to spatial and temporal factors such as forest type, size, age, stand structure, associated vegetation, and ecological zonation, among other things. The current research aimed to i) conduct forest inventory of upland forest area in the Koh Kong, Mondulkiri, Preah Viher, and Siem Reap provinces of Cambodia, and ii) assess carbon stock at the target sites across different provinces. The study applied the carbon stock assessment methodology as outlined in the National Forest Inventory and the Field Manual for the National Forestry Inventory of Cambodia issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 2018, applied across different types of forest at several pilot project sites. In addition, the study conducted an assessment of carbon stock in soil and ground litter carbon pools. The research studied five carbon pools: aboveground biomass pool (AGB), belowground biomass pool (BGB), litter biomass pool, dead wood biomass pool, and soil organic carbon pool (SOC). The results indicated total carbon stock in Koh Kong Province at 200.04 tonnes C/ha for evergreen forest, in Mondulkiri Province at 246.18 tonnes C/ha for deciduous forest, in Preah Vihear Province at 185.06 tonnes C/ha for deciduous forest, and in Siem Reap Province at 207.67 tones C/ha for deciduous forest and 414.13 tones C/ha for evergreen forest
- Subjects
SIEMREAB (Cambodia); CAMBODIA; FOOD &; Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; LIFE zones; FOREST surveys; DECIDUOUS forests; UPLANDS; CARBON in soils; FOREST products industry; CARBON paper
- Publication
International Journal of Environmental & Rural Development, 2023, Vol 14, Issue 2, p61
- ISSN
2185-159X
- Publication type
Article