Urban sacred grove forests are potential carbon stores: A case study from Sikkim Himalaya
Urban forests function as lungs in the cities and help in providing a healthy environment to people by reducing warming and improving air & water quality. Information on the carbon storage and capture capacity of the urban forests especially sacred forests in India is limited. We estimated a...
Main Authors: | N. Bijayalaxmi Devi, Nima T. Lepcha, Siddarth S. Mahalik, Denish Dutta, Benrithung L. Tsanglao |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-08-01
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Series: | Environmental Challenges |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667010021000512 |
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