Estimation of the carbon stock of a settlement of three dominant tree species in the forest island of the Concession of the Center Eucharist Father Eymard in Kinshasa
1 Scientific Department, Center of Excellence Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CoE-CBRN), Ministry of Scientific Research and Technological Innovation, Democratic Republic of Congo.
2 Department of Health Sciences, Higher Institute of Applied Techniques and Management of N’sele, Democratic Republic of Congo.
3 Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculties of Science and Technology, University of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
International Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research Updates, 2023, 01(01), 008–015.
Research Article
Publication history:
Received on 17 October 2023; revised on 13 November 2023; accepted on 15 November 2023
Abstract:
In view of the fight against climate change and the contribution to the mechanism for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD), a study on the estimation of the carbon stock was carried out within a settlement of Millettia drastica, Millettia laurentii and Markhamia tomentosa in the forest island of the Concession of the Father Eymard Eucharistic Center in Kinshasa. A one-hectare plot, subdivided into four sub-plots, was our study system.
We used the observation method, followed by the inventory of trees concerned supported by geographic coordinates of these trees.
The dendrometric data collected were subjected to an allometric application and while the geographic coordinates were the subject of the development of the spatial distribution map of the trees studied with the ARC software.GIS version 10.0.
A total of 38 individuals of trees with diameters at 1.30 m (breast height) 10 cm were inventoried over the entire study plot. The estimated aerial biomass and carbon stock were 22,670.46 and 11,335.23 kg / ha, respectively. Millettia drastica is the predominant species with 24 individuals. It had the highest aerial biomass and carbon stock estimated at 10,342.506 and 5,171.2,528 kg / ha, respectively.
The forest island studied constitutes a real carbon well of the City of Kinshasa and therefore deserves sustainable management.
Keywords:
Climate change; Greenhouse gas; Sequestration; Forest; Kinshasa
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