Estimation of timber volume and carbon sequestration potential of second generation acacia mangium and acacia hybrid plantations

The existing Acacia mangium plantations will increasingly play an important role not only for wood production but also in storing and sequestering atmospheric carbon. There are allometric equations estimating biomass and carbon stocks for Acacia mangium, however they were obtained from small tria...

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Main Author: Nur Syazni, Adam
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2015
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spelling my.unimas.ir.109292023-05-23T08:27:06Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10929/ Estimation of timber volume and carbon sequestration potential of second generation acacia mangium and acacia hybrid plantations Nur Syazni, Adam SB Plant culture SD Forestry The existing Acacia mangium plantations will increasingly play an important role not only for wood production but also in storing and sequestering atmospheric carbon. There are allometric equations estimating biomass and carbon stocks for Acacia mangium, however they were obtained from small trials or experimental plots and very few have been developed for plantations in Sarawak. The purpose of this study was to quantify the aboveground biomass as well as carbon stored and sequestered by two planting variants namely second generation Acacia mangium and Acacia hybrid aged approximately 10 years old. This study also determined the growth rate and yield of these variants. A total of 35 second generation Acacia mangium and 36 Acacia hybrid trees were harvested from a plantation owned by Daiken Sarawak Sdn. Bhd. Fresh weight of leaves, twigs, branches and stems were weighed in the field immediately after tree felling to obtain their green weight. Samples of leaves, twigs, branches and disks were acquired, weighed and packed in a container for laboratory analyses. Growth performance was determined based on five plots of 30 x 30 m established at random in 10-year-old stands of both variants. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2015 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10929/1/Nur%20Syazni%20Adam%20ft.pdf Nur Syazni, Adam (2015) Estimation of timber volume and carbon sequestration potential of second generation acacia mangium and acacia hybrid plantations. Masters thesis, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.
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Estimation of timber volume and carbon sequestration potential of second generation acacia mangium and acacia hybrid plantations
description The existing Acacia mangium plantations will increasingly play an important role not only for wood production but also in storing and sequestering atmospheric carbon. There are allometric equations estimating biomass and carbon stocks for Acacia mangium, however they were obtained from small trials or experimental plots and very few have been developed for plantations in Sarawak. The purpose of this study was to quantify the aboveground biomass as well as carbon stored and sequestered by two planting variants namely second generation Acacia mangium and Acacia hybrid aged approximately 10 years old. This study also determined the growth rate and yield of these variants. A total of 35 second generation Acacia mangium and 36 Acacia hybrid trees were harvested from a plantation owned by Daiken Sarawak Sdn. Bhd. Fresh weight of leaves, twigs, branches and stems were weighed in the field immediately after tree felling to obtain their green weight. Samples of leaves, twigs, branches and disks were acquired, weighed and packed in a container for laboratory analyses. Growth performance was determined based on five plots of 30 x 30 m established at random in 10-year-old stands of both variants.
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author Nur Syazni, Adam
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title Estimation of timber volume and carbon sequestration potential of second generation acacia mangium and acacia hybrid plantations
title_short Estimation of timber volume and carbon sequestration potential of second generation acacia mangium and acacia hybrid plantations
title_full Estimation of timber volume and carbon sequestration potential of second generation acacia mangium and acacia hybrid plantations
title_fullStr Estimation of timber volume and carbon sequestration potential of second generation acacia mangium and acacia hybrid plantations
title_full_unstemmed Estimation of timber volume and carbon sequestration potential of second generation acacia mangium and acacia hybrid plantations
title_sort estimation of timber volume and carbon sequestration potential of second generation acacia mangium and acacia hybrid plantations
publisher Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
publishDate 2015
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10929/1/Nur%20Syazni%20Adam%20ft.pdf
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