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Thus, total Carbon store in the trees in eight
municipal corporations may be about 6.83 lakh
tones (25.07 lakh tones of CO
2
).
Above analysis provide information that the
trees in eight municipal corporations and 159
municipalities store about 13.55 lakh tone
of Carbon which may be equivalent to total
absorption of 49.73 lakh tones of Carbon
di-oxide. The annual Carbon di-oxide absorption
rate of these trees in municipal corporations
and municipalities has been estimated about
1.97 lakh tones of Carbon di-oxide. If tree
population is doubled in these cities, the Carbon
sequestration rate may also increase in the
proportion of tree population.
Total Carbon store in trees growing in eight
Mahanagar Palika
, 159
Nagarpalikas
and
Table-8: Carbon store and sequestration rate (Value in tones)
Categories
Number
of trees
(in Lakh)
Carbon
store
(lakh tone
Carbon)
Carbon store
equivalent to
absorption of
CO
2
Annual Carbon
sequestration
(tone Carbon)
Annual CO
2
absorption
rate (Carbon
tone)
Municipal Corporations (8)
33.01
6.83
25.07
28,066
103,002
Municipalities (159)
32.44
6.72
24.66
25,498
93,578
Urban Development
Areas of eight Municipal
Corporations in 433
villages
63.60
13.17
48.33
49,990
183,463
Total
129.05 26.72
98.06
103,554
380,043
peripheral villages of the corporations
is about
26.72 lakh Carbon tones. The tree cover in urban
area should be doubled under an intensive urban
afforestation. If this is achieved in over a decade,
the Carbon store may increase at a rate of over
two lakh Carbon tone per year. This may result
into reductions in energy consumption also.
Other environmental benefits like energy saving,
reduction in air pollution and particulatematters
and human health from urban forestry might be
much more than Carbon store value and annual
benefits due to Carbon sequestration. Trees
planted in the cities and adjacent to buildings
can significantly reduce cooling and heating
needs by providing shade during summer and
acting as windbreaks during winter.
