Environmental Health

Rubber Plantations and Carbon Management
Arun Jyoti Nath, PhD
Biplab Brahma, PhD
Ashesh Kumar Das, PhD

Rubber Plantations and Carbon Management

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Pub Date: October 2019
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Hard ISBN: 9781771887830
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Paperback ISBN: 978-1-77463-459-2
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E-Book ISBN: 9780429023491
Pages: 174pp w/index
Binding Type: hardback / paperback / ebook
Notes: 14 color and 31 b/w illustrations

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With the increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration and the resulting environmental consequences for plants, it is necessary to consider the future of rubber plantations, an important source of latex for rubber production. In Rubber Plantations and Carbon Management, the authors explore the ecology of rubber plantations in the context of carbon management under a scenario of our changing climate. The authors provide an in-depth study of the carbon stock and sequestration potentiality of rubber plantations. The volume also provides information on a biomass estimating model that can be used in future study of non-harvesting biomass estimation for a variety of plants.

Topics in the volume address ecosystem biomass carbon losses through clear felling management systems, ecosystem carbon sequestration, and fine root dynamics in carbon balance under a rubber plantation management system. The volume concludes with an examination of future strategies and determines that rubber plantation development by replacing natural forests should not be encouraged, though progressive land use changes, for example, conversion of degraded forest lands or grasslands to rubber plantations, can enhance biomass and soil stock. The expansion of rubber tree plantations with best management practices in degraded forest, grasslands, or fallow lands can offer an ecological stability with significant socioeconomical support.

This volume is the first of its kind on this important topic. The volume will be valuable for faculty and students, cultivators, researchers, rubber board officials, and many others. It will also aid in policy formulation at the scientific community level for those who are working on climate change adaptation and mitigation aspects.

Key features:
  • Provides an understanding of the role of rubber plantations in carbon management
  • Presents biomass models and biomass carbon stocks
  • Explores the impact of land use changes on soil organic carbon
  • Looks at ecosystem carbon sequestration
  • Explores methods of allometric model development for different growth ages of rubber plantation
  • Helps to advance our knowledge of the global carbon cycle that will be helpful in studying changing environmental effects on other crops and plant products

CONTENTS:
Preface

1. General Introduction

2. Biomass Models and Biomass Carbon Stocks

3. Potential Loss of Biomass Carbon

4. Impact of Land Use Changes on Soil Organic Carbon

5. Ecosystem Carbon Sequestration

6. Soil Carbon Sequestration

7. Fine Root Dynamics and Carbon Management

8. Conclusions and Recommendations

Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Arun Jyoti Nath, PhD
Professor, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar, India

Arun Jyoti Nath, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar, India. He is an ecologist with diverse experience in research and teaching. His research focuses on bio-carbon sequestration. Dr. Nath has obtained advanced training on carbon sequestration research from the Institute of Botany and Ecophysiology, Szent Istvan University, Godollo, Hungary; National Bureau of Soil Science and Land Use Planning, Nagpur, India; and Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, Ohio State University, USA. Dr. Nath is an academic editor for journal PLOS ONE.

Biplab Brahma, PhD
Senior Research Scholar, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar, India

Biplab Brahma, PhD, is a Senior Research Scholar in the Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar, India. His research interests include ecosystem carbon management in terrestrial ecosystems.

Ashesh Kumar Das, PhD
Professor, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India

Ashesh Kumar Das, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India. His research interests include tree diversity and ecology, carbon management in forest and agricultural ecosystems, and soil ecology. Prof. Das has published more than 120 research papers in leading national and international journal.




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