ASSESSING CARBON SEQUESTRATION POTENTIAL OF URBAN TREE SPECIES: A CASE STUDY IN ARANYA PARK, GANDHINAGAR, GUJARAT, INDIA

Global warming is an issue of recent times. Key contributors to global warming include the burning of fossil fuels (such as coal, oil, natural gas, etc.) for energy, deforestation and industrial processor. Green house gases can be considered one of the most significant factor for global warming. Carbon dioxide is the most prominent greenhouse gas on the earth. Greenhouse gases and various human activities are primary sources of increasing earth’s temperature. To combat this effect, carbon sequestration is a significant aspect. The process involves capturing and storing atmospheric carbon dioxide. It can be the only way to reduce carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This research paper discusses about the carbon sequestration potential of trees from Aranya park, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. Random sampling quadrant method is used in the conduction of this study. Total 10 quadrants are taken in consideration of 50×50 m2 area. The total area of the study is 400 hector. Total no. of species found in quadrant study is 25 and total no. of individual species is 1038. In the quadrant method, the most dominant species are Acacia nilotica (L.) Del. Subsp. Indica (Bth.) Brenan and Azadirachta indica A. Juss., while the least dominant species are Albizia lebbeck (L.) Bth., Casuarina equisetifolia L., Delonix regia (Bojer ex Hook.) Raf., Ficus religiosa L., Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth., Mimusops elengi L., Murraya koenigii L. Spreng, Phyllanthus emblica L., Putranjiva roxburghii Wall., Roystonea regia (Kunth) O. F. Cook, Santalum album L., Tamarindus indica L., Tectona grandis L.f, and Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb. The species which have more carbon sequestration potential are Acacia nilotica (L.) Del. Subsp. Indica (Bth.) Brenan (1.79), Albizia lebbeck (L.) Bth. (3.07), Azadirachta indica A. Juss. (2.11), Ficus benghalensis L. (20.53), Ficus religiosa L. (7.52), Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth. (3.13), and Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb. (5.58).Global warming is an issue of recent times. Key contributors to global warming include the burning of fossil fuels (such as coal, oil, natural gas, etc.) for energy, deforestation and industrial processor. Green house gases can be considered one of the most significant factor for global warming. Carbon dioxide is the most prominent greenhouse gas on the earth. Greenhouse gases and various human activities are primary sources of increasing earth’s temperature. To combat this effect, carbon sequestration is a significant aspect. The process involves capturing and storing atmospheric carbon dioxide. It can be the only way to reduce carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This research paper discusses about the carbon sequestration potential of trees from Aranya park, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. Random sampling quadrant method is used in the conduction of this study. Total 10 quadrants are taken in consideration of 50×50 m2 area. The total area of the study is 400 hector. Total no. of species found in quadrant study is 25 and total no. of individual species is 1038. In the quadrant method, the most dominant species are Acacia nilotica (L.) Del. Subsp. Indica (Bth.) Brenan and Azadirachta indica A. Juss., while the least dominant species are Albizia lebbeck (L.) Bth., Casuarina equisetifolia L., Delonix regia (Bojer ex Hook.) Raf., Ficus religiosa L., Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth., Mimusops elengi L., Murraya koenigii L. Spreng, Phyllanthus emblica L., Putranjiva roxburghii Wall., Roystonea regia (Kunth) O. F. Cook, Santalum album L., Tamarindus indica L., Tectona grandis L.f, and Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb. The species which have more carbon sequestration potential are Acacia nilotica (L.) Del. Subsp. Indica (Bth.) Brenan (1.79), Albizia lebbeck (L.) Bth. (3.07), Azadirachta indica A. Juss. (2.11), Ficus benghalensis L. (20.53), Ficus religiosa L. (7.52), Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth. (3.13), and Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb. (5.58).