Estimating carbon storage of Eucalyptus urophylla vegetation in Mutis Timau Nature Reserve, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia using remote sensing analysis
##plugins.themes.bootstrap3.article.main##
Abstract
Abstract. Sadono R, Wardhana W, Wirabuana PYAP. 2023. Estimating carbon storage of Eucalyptus urophylla vegetation in Mutis Timau Nature Reserve, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia using remote sensing analysis. Biodiversitas 24: 1946-1952. The presence of Eucalyptus urophylla S.T. Blake in Mutis Timau Nature Reserve (Cagar Alam) in Timor Island, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia plays an important role in long-term climate change mitigation. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the carbon storage of E. urophylla in Mutis Timau Nature Reserve in varying tree densities using remote sensing analysis. Sentinel 2B satellite image acquired on 10 September 2022 was used to generate the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) using ArcGis 10.8. The NDVI values were then classified to generate the land cover type and density of E. urophylla. The NDVI values greater than 0.7 were assigned as the stands of E. urophylla and classified into low, moderate, and high density. The total carbon storage of each density area was calculated using the estimated area and secondary data of total carbon storage per ha for corresponding densities. The results of remote sensing analysis showed that E. urophylla vegetation was found to cover 73.82% or 9,084.56 ha of the total 12,306.43 ha estimated study area. The estimated area for moderate vegetation density of E. urophylla was 5,150.26 ha followed by low and high densities of 3,857.48 ha and 96.81 ha, respectively. The carbon storage of low, moderate, and high density was calculated to be 577,273.38, 996,655.61 and 27,467.90 tons C, respectively, totaling 1,601,396.89 tons C across the nature reserve. The findings of this study recommend that the coverage of E. urophylla vegetation needs to be expanded, specifically to become high-density to enhance carbon stock, for example through restoration.
##plugins.themes.bootstrap3.article.details##
Most read articles by the same author(s)
- PANDU YUDHA ADI PUTRA WIRABUANA, RAHMANTA SETIAHADI, RONGGO SADONO, MARTIN LUKITO, DJOKO SETYO MARTONO, JERIELS MATATULA, Allometric equations for estimating biomass of community forest tree species in Madiun, Indonesia , Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity: Vol. 21 No. 9 (2020)
- YUSANTO NUGROHO, MOCHAMAD ARIEF SOENDJOTO, SUYANTO, JERIELS MATATULA, SYAMSU ALAM, PANDU YUDHA ADI PUTRA WIRABUANA, Traditional medicinal plants and their utilization by local communities around Lambung Mangkurat Education Forests, South Kalimantan, Indonesia , Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity: Vol. 23 No. 1 (2022)
- PRIYONO SURYANTO, RONGGO SADONO, AISYA YOHANIFA, MUHAMMAD HABIB WIDYAWAN, TAUFAN ALAM, Semi-natural regeneration and conservation in agroforestry system models on small-scale farmers , Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity: Vol. 22 No. 2 (2021)
- RONGGO SADONO, DJOKO SOEPRIJADI, ARI SUSANTI, PANDU YUDHA ADI PUTRA WIRABUANA, JERIELS MATATULA, Species composition and growth performance of mangrove forest at the coast of Tanah Merah, East Nusa Tenggara , Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity: Vol. 21 No. 12 (2020)
- PANDU YUDHA ADI PUTRA WIRABUANA, Syamsu Alam, Jeriels Matatula, Moehar Marghiy Harahap, Yusanto Nugroho, Fahmi Idris, Alnus Meinata, Dewa Ayu Sekar, The growth, aboveground biomass, crown development, and leaf characteristics of three Eucalyptus species at initial stage of planting in Jepara, Indonesia , Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity: Vol. 22 No. 5 (2021)
- ELIESER VIKTOR SIRAMI, DJOKO MARSONO, RONGGO SADONO, RONGGO SADONO, MUHAMMAD ALI IMRON, Typology of native species as the shade tree for merbau (Intsia bijuga) plantations in Papua, Indonesia based on ecological species group , Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity: Vol. 20 No. 1 (2019)
- JERIELS MATATULA, ERNY POEDJIRAHAJOE, SATYAWAN PUDYATMOKO, RONGGO SADONO, Spatial distribution of salinity, mud thickness and slope along mangrove ecosystem of the coast of Kupang District, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia , Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity: Vol. 20 No. 6 (2019)
- TOHIRIN, PRIYONO SURYANTO, RONGGO SADONO, Vegetation structure, aboveground biomass, and carbon storage of wono¸ a local forest management in Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, across three geomorphological zones , Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity: Vol. 22 No. 8 (2021)
- INDRIANI EKASARI, RONGGO SADONO, DJOKO MARSONO, JOKO R. WITONO, Species composition and richness of viable seed bank after fire events in Mount Ciremai National Park and Kuningan Botanic Gardens, West Java, Indonesia , Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity: Vol. 22 No. 6 (2021)