Tools in Assessing Climate Change Flashcards
Forests are the ________
on earth as they hold more than 80% of all terrestrial above ground
carbon (AGC) and more than 70% of
all soil organic carbon (SOC).
largest carbon pool
forests are found to play
a key role in the emission mitigation by sequestrating the atmospheric carbon into biomass and soil, and it plays an important role in the _______
global carbon cycle
Carbon Stock Assessment
- ______ the amount of carbon stocked in the individual component of the forest or the forest as a whole
calculating
Carbon Stock Assessment
- measures the _______ and its components or
an ecosystem component to sequester Carbon
potential of a forest
Carbon Stock Assessment
- “A tree is ____ carbon”
50%
By composition wood is
- ___ Carbon,
- ___ Oxygen,
- __ Hydrogen and
- __ Nitrogen
50%
42%
6%
1%
- dry matter weight of organic material
- the total mass of living organisms
Biomass
- includes the biomass of tree, understory and herbaceous vegetation
Aboveground biomass (AGB)
- includes the biomass of the soil and roots
Belowground biomass
- is the dry matter weight of organic material (above-or belowground, live or dead).
Biomass
- is a reservoir or a system which has the capacity to accumulate or release carbon.
- Examples are forest biomass, wood products, soils, and atmosphere.
Carbon Pool
- is the natural features that absorb CO2, such as forests or seas.
Carbon Sink
- is the absolute quantity of carbon held within a pool at specified time.
Carbon stock
- are standing dead tree and fallen logs.
Course wood debris (CWD)
- is the L and O horizon comprising of dead plant material that lies on top of the mineral soil.
Litter
- is dead wood material in the forest that is beyond 5cm dbh and 0.5m length.
Necromass
- rate is the yearly sequestration of CO2, taken from the difference between
sequestration observation for two time periods divided by the number of years elapsed.
Sequestration
- is the amount of carbon derived from the weight of soil in Mg multiplied by %SOC. The %SOC being derived from its relations to %OM.
Soil organic carbon (SOC)
- plants are undergrowth which includes saplings, wildlings and grass
Understory/herbaceous
is defined as the process of capturing carbon from the atmosphere so that the buildup of carbon dioxide (the principal greenhouse gas) concentration will be reduced
Carbon sequestration
defined by Watson et al. as an anthropogenic intervention designed to reduce the emissions or to enhance the sinks to greenhouse gases.
Climate change mitigation
defined as interventions to minimize the impact of climate change to those likely to be affected by this phenomenon.
Climate change adaptation
measures the potential of a forest and its components or an ecosystem component to sequester Carbon.
Carbon stock assessment
In forestry, there are so many C assessment tools now a days and they all started from this concept ____________________.
“A tree is 50% carbon”