TRACKING OF GREENHOUSE GASES (GHG) FLUX IN FORESTRY AND LAND USE
Abdul Rahim Nik, Philip E. and Theseira G.W.
Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kepong, 52109 Selangor, Malaysia
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The tropical forest plays an important role in the global carbon cycle of the terrestrial ecosystems. It stores considerable amount of biomass and carbon. Increasing attention has been given to the rate of deforestation of tropical forests, which arguably has contributed to a higher level of carbon emission to the atmosphere in the region for the last few years.
The potential to store and sequester significant amount of carbon by forest is generally acknowledged. This paper reviews and synthesizes the available information and data on forest and other land use for the Green House Gases (GHG) flux in assessing the carbon sink potential.
The assessment was conducted according to the IPCC 1996 Guidelines. Carbon uptake and biomass stocks are evaluated for each forest types and other land use. The carbon emission and sink potential are assessed based on biomass and carbon expansion factors in addition to estimated assumptions.
Malaysia’s greenhouse gas (GHG) removal by forest and other land use is estimated at 303,394 G t. Gases removed are 303,231 G t carbon dioxide (CO2), 16 G t methane (CH4), 4 G t nitrous oxides (NOx) and 143 G t carbon monoxide (CO). Our current estimate indicated that net annual carbon uptake is about 0.8 G t.
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