Carbon Storage Potential of Mangrove Forest in Quezon Province, Philippines

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dc.coverageAsia
dc.coveragePhilippines
dc.creatorBreva, L. A.
dc.date2023-04-27T13:56:31Z
dc.date2023-04-27T13:56:31Z
dc.date2022
dc.date2022-08-05T13:26:52.0000000Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T22:13:00Z
dc.descriptionTropical forests play an important role in climate change as sources and sink of carbon. Thus, mangrove forests have significant role in mitigating the climate change problem. The study aimed to measure the amount of accumulated biomass in a mangrove forest; determined the amount of carbon storage in the above-ground biomass and belowground of the area; and ssessed the potential contribution of mangrove forest to the mitigation of climate change. Results of the study showed that the mangrove area has a mean biomass carbon density of 189.53 Mg/ha where the entire amount is contributed only by tree biomass. Soil however, accounted to 51.92 Mg/ha of carbon density. Total carbon density of the area including aboveground (tree) biomass and belowground (soil) has amounted to 241.45 Mg/ha. Highest amounted was accounted by the aboveground which is 78 percent and the remaining 22 percent was in belowground.Using the results obtained in this study, the Philippine mangrove forest can store 28 M tons of carbon. This implies that mangrove can offer a great potential carbon sink. Keywords: Carbon storage, above-ground biomass, carbon density ID: 3487146
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dc.identifierhttps://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/CC1281EN
dc.identifierhttp://www.fao.org/3/cc1281en/cc1281en.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/246369
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherFAO ;
dc.rightsNon-FAO
dc.titleCarbon Storage Potential of Mangrove Forest in Quezon Province, Philippines
dc.titleXV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
dc.typeArticle

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