Climate change mitigation through carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration in community reserved forests of Northwest Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorMalunguja, Gisandu K.
dc.contributor.authorDevi, Ashalata
dc.contributor.authorKilonzo, Mhuji
dc.contributor.authorRubanza, Chrispinus D.K.
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-06T11:57:10Z
dc.date.available2021-05-06T11:57:10Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionAbstract. Full text available at https://doi.org/10.26832/24566632.2020.050301en_US
dc.description.abstractForests play a key role in climate change mitigation through sequestering and storing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. However, there is inadequate information about carbon accumulation and sequestered by community reserved forests in Tanzania. A study was carried to quantify the amount of carbon sequestered in two forests namely; Nyasamba and Bubinza of Kishapu district, northwestern Tanzania. A ground-based field survey design under a systematic sampling technique was adopted. A total of 45 circular plots (15 m radius) along transects were established. The distances between transect and plots were maintained at 550 and 300 m, respectively. Data on herbaceous C stocking potential was determined using destructive harvest method while tree carbon stocking was estimated by allometric equations. The collected data were organized on excel datasheet followed by descriptive analysis for quantitative information using Computer Microsoft Excel and SPSS software version 20, while soil samples were analyzed based on the standard laboratory procedures. Results revealed higher carbon sequestration of 102.49±39.87 and 117.52±10.27 for soil pools than plants both herbaceous (3.01±1.12 and 6.27±3.79 t CO2e/yr) and trees (5.70±3.15 and 6.60±2.88 t CO2e/yr) for Nyasamba and Bubinza respectively. The study recorded a potential variation of soil carbon sequestration, which varied across depths category (P< 0.05). However, there was no difference across sites (P>0.05) and species (P>0.05) for herbaceous and trees. The findings of this study portrayed a significantly low value for carbon stocking and sequestration potential for enhanced climate change mitigation. Therefore, proper management of community reserved forest is required to accumulate more C for enhancing stocking potential hence climate change mitigation through CO2 sequestration offsets mechanism.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMalunguja, G. K., Devi, A., Kilonzo, M., & Rubanza, C. D. (2020). Climate change mitigation through carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration in community reserved forests of Northwest Tanzania. Archives of Agriculture and Environmental Science, 5(3), 231-240.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2976
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAgro Environ Media (AEM)en_US
dc.subjectClimate changeen_US
dc.subjectForestsen_US
dc.subjectCarbon dioxideen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.subjectNorthwest Tanzaniaen_US
dc.subjectCommunity reserved forestsen_US
dc.subjectReserved forestsen_US
dc.subjectCO2en_US
dc.subjectCarbon offsetsen_US
dc.subjectClimate change adaptationen_US
dc.subjectForest stockingen_US
dc.subjectSequestration potentialen_US
dc.titleClimate change mitigation through carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration in community reserved forests of Northwest Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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