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A summary of the results of a study that compared the effects of climate change on the forest ecosystem, mitigation costs, and timber production under several climate change scenarios. Forest carbon sequestration is an important technique for the capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. A large number of studies 1 have determined the co...
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Present research is comprised in seven chapters ie. Introduction, Literature review, Study
area, Materials and Methods, Data analysis, Results and Discussions and Conclusions, This
study was done for knowing ecological and economic significance of Narmada Forest Division
(NFD). Forest is significance for surviving living organism because it provides all benefits free
of cost forest provides all kind of ecosystem services like Carbon sequestration, Soil
conservation, Purification of water, Maintain local climate and Biodiversity support etc. Most
valuable product from the forest is wood, which has a huge diversity of applications and
purposes, such as building purpose, furniture, Fuel wood purpose, NTFPs (Non Timber Forest
Products), Medicinal plants etc.
Total carbon sequestration and biodiversity support in the division was studied by using
available literatures. Total 90 soil samples were taken from various forest type, density classes
and topography. Status of following parameters viz. Soil Organic Carbon (SOC), Total Nitrogen
(TN), Carbon Nitrogen ratio and pH in the forest division was found out by using proper
methods. For present study primary and secondary data collection process was done.
Households’ survey was done to find out ethnobotanical uses of plants, total economic value of
forest resources and dependence on it. Further, all collected data was analyzed using simple
statistics. NFD supports about 668 angiosperms including 145 native trees species belongs to 44
families, 76 species of climbers of 15 families, 324 varieties of herbs belongs to the 65 families,
56 species of shrubs belonging 27 to families, 67 grasses of poaceae. Total estimated biomass of
the NFD is 1719616.0 Metric tons per annum which has potentiality of total 113854.8 Metric
tons carbon per annum. Narmada Forest division has feasible for ground water extraction. Soil of
NFD was slightly acidic to neutral in DDF and MDF while RF soil is slightly acidic to basic in
nature. First layer of soil showed high Soil Organic Carbon and Total Nitrogen. C/N ratio is in
the range of good forest soil.
Total 38.7 % population of the total population of district is depending on forests for their
livelihood. Total Economic value in NFD is 26.76 Cr. INR from various sectors i.e. Fuel wood
(14.55 Cr.INR), NTFPs (7.7 Cr.INR), Fodder (3.6 Cr.INR) and Timber (0.91 Cr.INR) in
Narmada Forest Division. Total 20 plant species of 15 families, belonging to 20 genera were
recorded in NFD which is used as ethnobotanical and medicinal purposes.
