Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6546100 | Land Use Policy | 2018 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Regional carbon emission related to deforestation, forest degradation, and wood harvest is critical in the development of national action plans and strategies for forest carbon management. In this study, using remote sensed and ground inventory data, deforestation, forest degradation, wood harvest and their integrated carbon losses between 1994 and 2016 in the temperate region of Pakistan were estimated. The present study revealed that deforestation was responsible for a net loss of 629âha forest (29âha yrâ1), and 4948âha (245âha yrâ1) forest was degraded. The total harvested wood was 681âkm3 (31âkm3 yrâ1). Deforestation was responsible for the loss of 206 kMg C (9 kMg C yrâ1), while emissions related to degradation and wood harvest account for 1757 kMg C (80 kMg C yrâ1) and 221 kMg C (10 kMg C yrâ1), respectively. These findings suggest that an increase in population with the partial protection of forests by policy, weak law enforcement, and cultural attitudes of the local people towards forests were the major drivers of deforestation and degradation between 1994 and 2016, as well as their integrated carbon emissions.
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Authors
Adnan Ahmad, QI-Jing Liu, S.M. Nizami, Abdul Mannan, Sajjad Saeed,