Assessment of Carbon Stock and Sequestration Dynamics in Response to Land Use and Land Cover Changes in a Tropical Landscape

Dipankar Bera, Nilanjana Das Chatterjee, Santanu Dinda, Subrata Ghosh, Vivek Dhiman, Bashar Bashir, Beata Calka and Mohamed Zhran ()
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Dipankar Bera: Department of Geography, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore 721102, India
Nilanjana Das Chatterjee: Department of Geography, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore 721102, India
Santanu Dinda: Department of Geography, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore 721102, India
Subrata Ghosh: Department of Geography, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore 721102, India
Vivek Dhiman: RS-GIS Laboratory, Environmental Technology Division, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur 176061, India
Bashar Bashir: Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia
Beata Calka: Institute of Geospatial Engineering and Geodesy, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Military University of Technology, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland
Mohamed Zhran: Public Works Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt

Land, 2024, vol. 13, issue 10, 1-22

Abstract: Quantitative analysis of LULC changes and their effects on carbon stock and sequestration is important for mitigating climate change. Therefore, this study examines carbon stock and sequestration in relation to LULC changes using the Land Change Modeler (LCM) and Ecosystem Services Modeler (ESM) in tropical dry deciduous forests of West Bengal, India. The LULC for 2006, 2014, and 2021 were classified using Google Earth Engine (GEE), while LULC changes and predictions were analyzed using LCM. Carbon stock and sequestration for present and future scenarios were estimated using ESM. The highest carbon was stored in forest land (124.167 Mg/ha), and storage outside the forest declined to 13.541 Mg/ha for agricultural land and 0–8.123 Mg/ha for other lands. Carbon stock and economic value decreased from 2006 to 2021, and are likely to decrease further in the future. Forest land is likely to contribute to 94% of future carbon loss in the study region, primarily due to its conversion into agricultural land. The implementation of multiple-species plantations, securing tenure rights, proper management practices, and the strengthening of forest-related policies can enhance carbon stock and sequestration. These spatial-temporal insights will aid in management strategies, and the methodology can be applied to broader contexts.

Keywords: LULC changes; carbon pools; Land Change Modeler (LCM); Ecosystem Services Modeler (ESM); carbon sequestration; economic valuation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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