Estimation of Carbon Stock and Uptake for Larix kaempferi Lamb.
강진택† ,손영모 ,임종수 ,전주현
Kang, Jin-Taek†,Son, Yeong-Mo,Yim, Jong-Su and Jeon, Ju-Hyeon
This study was conducted to estimate carbon stock and uptake for Larix kaempferi Lamb., the single species, which is the most widely distributed one following Pinus densiflora, using data from 6th national forest inventory and forest type map of 1:5,000. Overall distribution area of Larix kaempferi in South Korea was shown as 272,800ha, in detail, Gangwon-do was the most widely distributed region with 39.6% (108,141 ha) of the whole forest area, and Gyeongsangbuk-do was 18.6%(50,839 ha), Chungcheongbuk-do was 15.1%(41,205ha) in order. As the results of analysis in carbon stock and uptake for each province, the values were high with Gyeonggi-do 109.0 tC/ha, 10.3 tCO2/ha/yr, Gangwon-do 349.1 tC/ha, 9.7 tCO2/ha/yr in order, and Jeollabuk-do was the lowest with 78.3 tC/ha, 7.6 tCO2/ha/yr. Also, the results of estimation in total carbon stocks and uptakes by year (1989∼2015) were turned out that total carbon stocks and uptakes were 24,891 thousand tC, 2,428 thousand tCO2 in 2015, increasing about 4.8 times and 3.8 times each compared with 5,238 thousand C/ha, 640 thousand CO2 in 1989. Although forest area was decreased 26.6% with 371,884 ha in 1989 to 272,800 ha in 2015, carbon stocks and uptakes were increased in 2015 in that forest stock was increased 126% compared to 1989.
Carbon Stock and Uptake, National Forest Inventory, Forest Type Map, Forest Area, CO2
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