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POTENTIAL OF FORESTRY AND AGROFORESTRY PRACTICES TO STORE CARBON IN THE TROPICS
Citation:
Schroeder, P. POTENTIAL OF FORESTRY AND AGROFORESTRY PRACTICES TO STORE CARBON IN THE TROPICS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-95/186, 1992.
Description:
Terrestrial vegetation plays a pivotal role in the global carbon cycle. ot only are tremendous amounts of. carbon stored in terrestrial egetation, but large amounts are also actively exchanged,between vegetation and the atmosphere. his suggests that vegetation, and specifically forests, can be sed to store more carbon and thereby slow or partially offset the observed increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide. he tropical zones of the world seem particularly attractive for forestation because of the high rates of productivity that can potentially be attained there, and because there appear to be large areas of land that would benefit from tree planting. his analysis examined the carbon storage potential of short otation tropical tree plantations in particular. ean long-term carbon storage over multiple rotations was calculated for several commonly grown species.