Carbon Stock Of Banja Forest In Banja District Amhara Region Ethiopia An Implication For Climate Change Mitigation

Forests play enormous role in combating climate change, the most pressing global issuerncurrently, by sequestering and storing carbon from the atmosphere through photosynthesis.rnThis study was conducted to estimate of carbon stock in dry Afromontane forest type of BanjarnForest with elevation that ranges between 1870 and 2570 m a. s. l. in Amhara Region,rnEthiopia. The study was aimed to explore the potential of climate change mitigation fromrncarbon stock of Banja Forest. A systematic sampling method was used to identify eachrnsampling point through Global Positioning System (GPS). Loss on ignition and WalkleyrnBlack method were used to estimate biomass and soil carbon stock, respectively. Resultsrnrevealed that the total carbon stock of the forest was 639.87 t/ha whereas trees storern406.47t/ha, litter, herbs and grasses (LHGs) 2.58 t/ha and soil 230.82 t/ha (up to 30cmrndepth). The carbon pools’ carbon stock variation with altitude, slope and aspect gradientsrnwere not significant at (p>0.05). The forest in the study area is a reservoir of high carbon, asrnit has a good capacity to sink carbon from the atmosphere. To enhance the carbon stock ofrnBanja Forest, it should be integrated with Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), carbonrntrading system of the Kyoto Protocol.rnKeywords: Banja Forest; Carbon sequestration; Climate change; carbon stock; Mitigation

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