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INDIAN COUNCIL OF FORESTRY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

PO: New Forest, Dehradun 248006 (Uttarakhand) India

Indias Forest and Tree Cover:

Contribution as a Carbon Sink

Jagdish KishwanDirector GeneralIndian Council of ForestryResearch and Education,DehradunE-mail: jkishwan@nic.in

Rajiv PandeyScientist (Statistics)Indian Council of ForestryResearch and Education,DehradunE-mail: rajivfri@yahoo.com

VK DadhwalDeanIndian Institute of RemoteSensing, DehradunE-mail: dean@iirs.gov.in

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Indias Forest and Tree Cover:

Contribution as a Carbon Sink

Abstract

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Introduction

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Methodology

CCarbon

= CBiomass

+ CSoil

CCarbon

CBiomass

CSoil

Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) Pool -

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Qi

= CiD

iE

i(1G

i)

)1(11

iiii

k

i

k

i

itsoil GEDCQQC === ==

Biomass Carbon-

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VegetaionOtherTreeTotal GSGSGS .+=

=TotalGS

=TreeGS

=VegetaionOtherGS .

GroundBelowGroundAboveTree VVGS .. +=

GroundAboveV

.

GroundBelowV

.

GroundAboveV

. = CommercialGS

CommercialGS

GroundBelowV

. GroundAboveV .

=VegetaionOtherGS . TreeGS

TotalGS

TotalGS

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=BiomassC

mI

CarbonC

CarbonC

AI

m

II m

A =

Result

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References

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