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Stored Carbon in Urban Trees: Ground Zero Observation from the Konnagar Area of West Bengal, India

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The increased level of atmospheric carbon dioxide in recent times is the root cause of climate change. The tree canopy has greater impact and plays a vital role in the reduction of carbon emissions released from industrial activities by carbon sequestration and storing carbon as biomass. The present work carried out during 2018 aims to assess the potential role of urban trees in reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide in Konnagar Municipality area in the maritime state of West Bengal (India). Approximately 27 common tree species were surveyed from 6 sampling sites. Eucalyptus globulus exhibited the highest AGB and above-ground carbon (AGC) and Santalum album showed the lowest for all the sites. The ANOVA results show significant spatial variations of AGB and AGC between the selected sites and tree species (p <0.01) due to variation in edaphic factors. The overall result suggests that urban trees are unique storehouse of carbon, which is directly proportional to the biomass of the tree species. Such baseline data can help urban planners to select the right kind of tree species that are able to provide natural health security to urban residents.

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  1. Department of Applied Science, RCC Institute of Information Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Sangita Agarwal

  2. Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

    Ankita Mitra

  3. Department of Oceanography, Techno India University, West Bengal, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Prosenjit Pramanick

  4. Department of Marine Science, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Abhijit Mitra

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  1. FTZ-ALS, HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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  2. School of Social Sciences, CHC Higher Education, Carindale, Australia

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  3. Center for Food Security Studies, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Agarwal, S., Mitra, A., Pramanick, P., Mitra, A. (2021). Stored Carbon in Urban Trees: Ground Zero Observation from the Konnagar Area of West Bengal, India. In: Leal Filho, W., Luetz, J., Ayal, D. (eds) Handbook of Climate Change Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22759-3_284-1

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