Delineation of best land use system for carbon sequestration in Kashmir valley

Abstract

The present investigations entitled “Delineation of best land use system for carbon sequestration in Kashmir valley” was conducted in Srinagar district of Kashmir valley at two sites viz., Site A and Site B. Total carbon stocks were recorded maximum in T10 -Natural forest – (Blue Pine) 773.98 t ha-1 at site A and followed by T10 - Natural forest-(Blue Pine) 738.85 t ha-1 at site B (Table-04). Thus, T10 - Natural forest-(Blue Pine) is the best land use system for carbon sequestration. The second best was T9 -Plantation forest-(Poplar) with 528.65 t ha-1 at site A and T9 - Plantation forest-(Poplar) with 504.33 t ha-1 at site B (Table-04). The minimum was recorded in T1- wasteland /uncultivated land 30.16 t ha-1 at site B and in T1 - wasteland/uncultivated land 31.32 t ha-1 at site A (Table-04) and (Fig. 01).