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Quantifying GHG Estimations for Agriculture, Waste, and Land Use, land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) for a Village Model in India


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This paper describes the sustainability impact assessment by quantifying the GHG estimates from the categories of agriculture, land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) and waste, for a semiurban transiting village Bidholi, in the state of Uttarakhand, India. The study quantifies the GHG emission estimates in 2016 from the agricultural sector as 115.71 tons of CO2-eq and waste emissions as 133 tons of CO2-eq. The emissions identified from the various sources are in lieu with the life cycle activities such as crop cultivation, livestock manure management, enteric fermentation and waste generation. The large span of thick forest covering the village, acts as a prominent source of carbon sink sequestering 12205.22 tons net CO2-eq. The carbon stock estimations for the above-ground biomass (ABG), below-ground biomass (BGB) and soil organic content (SOC) are accounted for the forest area in compliance with the country specific national inventory values.

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Sustainability, LULUCF, Carbon Sink, Ghg Emissions.
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Authors

Philip Simon
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Bidholi P.O, Dehradun, Uttarakhand-248 007, India
Gerry George
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Bidholi P.O, Dehradun, Uttarakhand-248 007, India
Mainak Mukherjee
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Bidholi P.O, Dehradun, Uttarakhand-248 007, India

Abstract


This paper describes the sustainability impact assessment by quantifying the GHG estimates from the categories of agriculture, land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) and waste, for a semiurban transiting village Bidholi, in the state of Uttarakhand, India. The study quantifies the GHG emission estimates in 2016 from the agricultural sector as 115.71 tons of CO2-eq and waste emissions as 133 tons of CO2-eq. The emissions identified from the various sources are in lieu with the life cycle activities such as crop cultivation, livestock manure management, enteric fermentation and waste generation. The large span of thick forest covering the village, acts as a prominent source of carbon sink sequestering 12205.22 tons net CO2-eq. The carbon stock estimations for the above-ground biomass (ABG), below-ground biomass (BGB) and soil organic content (SOC) are accounted for the forest area in compliance with the country specific national inventory values.

Keywords


Sustainability, LULUCF, Carbon Sink, Ghg Emissions.

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