Paper Title: Terrestrial Carbon Stock and Sink Potential of Indian Himalayan Forest Ecosystem: A Tool for Combating Climate Change

Soil Carbon Dynamics in Indian Himalayan Region

Anand Giri, Anil Kumar, & P Srivastava

The terrestrial carbon in the forest system endures in multitude form such as organic and inorganic carbon. The carbon pools in the forest ecosystem exist as the below-ground, above-ground biomass and dead organic matter and play a critical function in maintaining carbon cycle and carbon budget of the terrestrial sphere. The Indian Himalayan Forest Ecosystem (IHFE) stores a significant amount of carbon, which is being affected day by day as a result of mismanaged overexploitation. Therefore, the biomass accumulation potential and carbon sequestration capacity of the forest ecosystem are reducing, and it is a key concern as it may contribute the global warming. Consequently, the current breakdown highlights the fragmented information on carbon sequestration potential in the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR). Previous research has also confirmed a significant contribution of terrestrial carbon pools and potential carbon sinks in the IHR. Nonetheless, this deconstruction also has covered the ecological outlook for conservation and guidelines for estimating the IHR’s carbon stock potential in forest-based mitigation movements in the Himalayan forest ecosystem.

• Carbon stock
• Carbon sequestration
• IHR
• Biomass