CARBON SEQUESTRATION BY DIFFERENT SPECIES OF TREES IN TANDO JAM, PAKISTAN

Authors

  • KHALID HUSSAIN Department of Environmental Sciences, Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
  • ABDUL MAJEED PIRZADA Department of Environmental Sciences, Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
  • MUHAMMAD HASHIM ZUBERI Department of Environmental Sciences, Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
  • MUHAMMAD AMIN QURESHI Agriculture Training institute, Sakrand, Sindh, Pakistan
  • SYEDA UROOJ FATIMA Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
  • HAREEF AHMED KEERIO Department of Environment Engineering, Quaid E Awam University of Engineering Science and Technology, Nawabshah 67450, Pakistan
  • SALLAHUDDIN PANHWAR National University of Science and Technology, Balochistan Campus, 87300 Quetta
  • ASMA LEGHARI Department of Environmental Sciences, Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan 2Agriculture Training institute, Sakrand, Sindh, Pakistan
  • IMRAN ALI Department of Environmental Sciences, Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Abstract

Survey was conducted in Tandojam city for the identification of different trees species existence. This study reveals the results of trees height, DBH, AGB, BGB, BIOMASS & carbon sequestration. The study shows decline in vegetation in TandoJam city from 1990 to 2020 by using NDVI formula through ArcMap 10.7.1 and cloud-computing program Google Earth Engine. In city the populations of trees are 7308 and only 20 species were identified. Azadirachta indica being the dominant specie having population of 2451, while Tamarindus indica having lowest number (11 trees only). In terms of height, Eucalyptus camaldulensis has largest height of 2043 cm and lowest height i.e. 617.82 is attributed to 617.82 cm. Moreover, 108.91 cm being larger diameter in Ficus religiosa and minimum diameter was of 25.92 cm was seen in Cassia Fistula. Conocarpus erectus tress possess bulk amount of biomass of 1021680 Kg as compared to Cordia myxa (6194 Kg) having carbon sequestration of 510840 Kg and 3074 Kg respectively.

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Published

2023-01-11

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2022): FUUAST Journal of Biology

Section

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