Title: Urban forests and carbon sequestration

Authors: Kumari Anjali; Nikhil Kant; Jaswant Sokhi

Addresses: School of Sciences (SOS), IGNOU, New Delhi, India ' School of Management Studies (SOMS), IGNOU, New Delhi, India ' School of Sciences (SOS), IGNOU, New Delhi, India

Abstract: Climate change amidst rapid unplanned urbanisation and unsustainable development has taken centre stage amongst the most prominent challenges in today's world, with greater impacts on the society and economy of developing countries such as India. Forestry activities have gained traction due to huge pollution mitigating potentials which have become a focal point of intergovernmental agencies. Nonetheless, despite studies suggesting that forests play significant mitigation roles, the role of urban forests has not assumed equal significance despite their significant role in sequestering carbon and other various social-economic-cultural-aesthetic benefits. This review primarily focuses on carbon sequestration potentials and methodologies for urban forests. The author(s) reveal that urban forests in general and urban educational institutional campuses in particular can make significant contributions in maintaining and managing GHG emissions and sequestrations to ensure sustainability. These results can provide future direction and ample knowledge for academics, urban planners and policy makers.

Keywords: campuses; carbon sequestration; climate change; global warming; greenhouse gases; GHGs; urban forests.

DOI: 10.1504/IER.2021.115286

Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, 2021 Vol.21 No.1, pp.42 - 65

Received: 10 May 2020
Accepted: 30 Jan 2021
Published online: 26 May 2021 *

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