Biomass Potentials and Carbon Storage of Wooden Plants in the Community Forest of Nglanggeran Village, Gunungkidul Regency, Yogyakarta
Community forests, like any other forests, do not only produce timber and fire-woods but they also function as carbon storage, and therefor they play a very important role in the global carbon cycle. This research aims were (a) determining the types of perennial woods (diameter at breast height, D =...
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| Language: | English |
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Universitas Gadjah Mada
2012-02-01
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| Series: | Jurnal Ilmu Kehutanan |
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| Online Access: | https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/jikfkt/article/view/5778 |
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| Summary: | Community forests, like any other forests, do not only produce timber and fire-woods but they also function as carbon storage, and therefor they play a very important role in the global carbon cycle. This research aims were (a) determining the types of perennial woods (diameter at breast height, D = 10 cm which grown on community forest of Ngalaggeran Village, (b) determining the growth characteristics of vegetations which make up the community forest, including diameter at breast height, height of trees, tree density and basal area, and (c) determining the biomass and carbon storage in the community forests of Nglanggeran Village.The research used the allometric method to assess the biomass of mahagony, acacia, sonokeling, teak, sengon and the others. The research result showed that there were 25 species of perennial woods, which cultivated by the community forest’s farmers in Nglanggeran Village, most of which is mahagony. The average of stem diameter at breast was 20.8 cm (range between 17.0 and 27.3 cm), and the average height was 15.0 cm (range between 11.6 and 20.6 cm). The tree density per hectare was 162, consisting mostly of mahagony (67 trees per hectare) acacia (38 trees per hectare), sonokeling (25 trees per hectare), teak (9 trees per hectare), sengon (3 trees per hectare) and the others (20 trees per hectare). The average of basal area was 4.918 m2 per hectare. The average biomass was 38.106 tons per hectare which include mahagony 23.119 tons per hectare, acacia 7.036 tons per hectare, sonokeling 3.440 tons per hectare, teak 1.614 tons per hectare, sengon 0.464 ton per hectare and others 2.434 tons per hectare. If it is assumed that 50% of biomass weight is carbon, then the average carbon storage at Nglanggeran Village community forest is 19.053 tons per hectare, which include mahagony 11.560 tons per hectare, and the others 1.217 tons per hectare. The research about forest biomass and carbon stock in a community forest provides a chance of the community forest in preparing to face the carbon trading era. |
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| ISSN: | 0126-4451 2477-3751 |