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VOL. 5, ISSUE 1 (2023)
Effects of agro-ecological expansion on carbon stock in south-eastern part of Osun State, Nigeria
Authors
Remilekun Eunice Atobatele, C O Ikporukpo, Olalekan J Taiwo, Adekola Oluwaseun Fakunle
Abstract
Understanding the inimical impacts of land use/land cover change
(LULCC) on forest ecosystems is pivotal to achieve a sustainable environment.
Land use/land cover change tremendously influence carbon emissions and storage.
Despite the high rate of forest degradation in tropical developing countries
little or no study has been conducted on the impacts of land use change on the
carbon pools of these land use systems. The magnitude of vegetation biomass and
carbon stocks of six (6) land use classes in the southeastern part of Osun
State, Nigeria, were quantified in the following carbon pools: trees and roots.
The aboveground carbon stocks of the different land use/land cover types
decreased in the order: Dense forests (119.37 MgC ha-1) > light
forests (90.59 MgC ha-1)> Oil Palm Plantations (67.31 MgC ha−1)
> Cocoa Plantations (62.58 MgC ha−1) > Cassava farms (15.38
MgC ha−1) > Maize farms (13.14 MgC ha−1). Carbon stocks
significantly vary 0.028 across all the considered land use types. Taking dense
forest as threshold value, light forest, oil palm plantation, cocoa plantation,
cassava farm and maize farm recorded carbon loss of 35.54 Mg C ha−1,
64.29 Mg C ha−1, 70.13 Mg C ha−1, 127.49 Mg C ha−1
and 131.19 Mg C ha−1 respectively. This result indicated that the
conversion of dense forests to agricultural lands have grossly influenced
carbon loss as larger amounts of carbon are found in the dense forests.
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Pages:12-17
How to cite this article:
Remilekun Eunice Atobatele, C O Ikporukpo, Olalekan J Taiwo, Adekola Oluwaseun Fakunle "Effects of agro-ecological expansion on carbon stock in south-eastern part of Osun State, Nigeria". International Journal of Environmental and Ecology Research, Vol 5, Issue 1, 2023, Pages 12-17
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