Quantifying carbon sequestration by two urban trees in Duhok province

المؤلفون المشاركون

Said, Hishiar
Yusuf, Sami
Abd al-Khaliq, Aree
Yunus, Abd al-Aziz
Ibrahim, Musa Asad

المصدر

مجلة جامعة دهوك

الناشر

جامعة دهوك

تاريخ النشر

2016-06-30

دولة النشر

العراق

عدد الصفحات

9

التخصصات الرئيسية

العلوم الطبيعية والحياتية (متداخلة التخصصات)

الملخص الإنجليزي

Currently, the increasing amount of Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is one of the most factors affecting the global worming in the world.

In this circumstance, trees act as a sink for carbon dioxide by fixing carbon during photosynthesis.

On growing expanse of urban areas, understanding the total carbon effect can aid in preparing annual inventories of greenhouse gas emission and helping in urban planning.

Therefore, the main aims of this study are to quantify the carbon stored by two urban tree species (Eucalyptus camaldulensis and Cupressus sempervirens var.

horizontalis) frequently planted in urban areas of Duhok city and other cities of the Kurdistan Region.

In this research project, the results showed a variation between Eucalyptus camaldulensis and Cupressus sempervirens for the ratio dry/green biomass, the net carbon sequestration and CO2 storage annually.

The main results of our study were the quantification of annual carbon content for commonest urban tree species planted in Duhok city: They are for Rever Red Gum was (~ 38 kg) and for Mediterranean Cypress species was (~ 17.2 kg).

Furthermore, the mean ratio of total dry to green biomass was 50.34 and mean percentage of moisture was 49.67 % for E.

camaldulensis; while, the mean ratio of total dry/fresh biomass was 56.18 and water percentage was 43.81 for Cupressus sempervirens.

Therefore, the results of our study could be considered as a first step toward quantifying the potential carbon offsetting of urban trees and then developing a region-specific approach that Kurdistan cities can use to estimate carbon dioxide sequestration using the available framework of tree inventories, specific allometric equations at regional scale

نوع البيانات

أوراق مؤتمرات

رقم السجل

BIM-797755

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• MLA
• AMA