%0 Journal Article
%T Quantification of Above-Ground Biomass and Carbon Sequestration Potential of Roadside Trees in the Plateau Department of Benin Republic
%A Dende Ibrahim Adekanmbi
%A Igor Armand Yevide
%A Kafui In¨¨s Edna Deleke Koko
%A Adand¨¦ Belarmain Fandohan
%A Basile S¨¨gb¨¦gnon Michoagan
%A Moussahoudou Issa
%A Agossou Bruno Djossa
%J Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection
%P 20-27
%@ 2327-4344
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/gep.2023.119002
%X Roadside trees are effective natural solutions for
mitigating climate change. Despite the usefulness of trees to carbon
sequestration, there is a dearth of</span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> information on the estimation of biomass and carbon stock for roadside trees <span>in the study area. This study aimed to estimate the
carbon stock and carbon</span> <span>dioxide
equivalent of roadside trees. A complete enumeration of trees was </span>carried
out in K¨¦tou, Pob¨¨ and Sak¨¦t¨¦ within the communes of the Plateau Department,
B¨¦nin Republic. Total height and diameter at breast height were measured from
trees along the roads while individual wood density value was obtained from
wood density database. </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">The </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">allometric method of biomass es<span>timation
was adopted for the research. The results showed that the tota</span>l
estimation</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">s</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> for above-ground biomass, carbon stock and carbon equivalent from <span>all the enumerated roadside trees were 154.53</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">mt, 72.63</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">mt and 266.55</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">mt</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">,</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> <span>respectively. The results imply that the roadside
trees contain </span></span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">a </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">substantial</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> <span>amount of carbon stock that c</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">an</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> contribute to climate change mitigation</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> through carbon sequestration.
%K Above-Ground Biomass
%K Allometric Model
%K Carbon Sequestration
%K Roadside Trees
%K B&#233
%K nin Republic
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=127461