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GIS based approach for atmospheric carbon absorption strategies through forests development in Indian situations
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2013
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Shaker Verlag
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Geographical information system (GIS) play important role in forest management. An effective strategy for enhancement
of atmospheric carbon absorption productivity is through forests development in degraded forest areas
and waste lands. Forestry sector has significant emissions removal capability which can further be enhanced by operationalizing
major afforestation and reforestation initiatives like National Mission for a Green India besides continued
strengthening of the present protection regime of forests. Secondary data was collected and analyzed. Different
types of waste lands require different strategies for their development into forest areas; but few waste lands like
rocky regions, glacier regions etc cannot be developed into forest areas. Atmospheric carbon management is major
problem before world community in present circumstances to control environmental pollution. Various forest ecosystems
play significant role in carbon absorption. The diffusional net absorption rate of anthropogenic carbon to the
biosphere is some unknown function of the atmospheric partial pressure of carbon dioxide. Estimations reveal that
the average carbon absorption of the forests was around 1,240 grams (1.240 Kg) of carbon per square meter of canopy
area. To stabilize atmospheric CO2, role of forestry depends on harvesting and disturbance rates, expectations of
future forest productivity, and the ability to deploy technology and forest practices to increase the retention of sequestered
CO2. There is a considerable self-damping effect that will moderate the future increase of the atmospheric carbon
dioxide concentration. Capacity of the ocean to absorb carbon dioxide is limited; but atmospheric carbon absorption
potentiality of India forests can be increased tremendously through reforestation, afforestation and development
of degraded forest areas and waste lands. About 60 % of Indian waste lands can be developed to increase forest cover
with reasonable efforts. When National Mission for a Green India as part of the National Action Plan on Climate
Change (NAPCC) becomes operational, the capability of the forestry sector to contribute in GHG removal will further
enhance. Furthermore, afforestation and reforestation of 6 million hectares of degraded forest land covered under
the National Mission with participation of Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) would be able to add another
18 mt of carbon = 66 mt of CO2eq (approximately) by 2020. In Indian situations and similarly in other regions
on the globe, atmospheric carbon absorption productivity may be enhanced through forests development with reasonable
efforts. Similar efforts anywhere on the globe may be useful to develop waste lands and degraded forest areas
to enhance overall atmospheric carbon absorption productivity.