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ArticleCarbon balance and management2023

Carbon stock potential of highland bamboo plantations in northwestern Ethiopia.

Ayana A Jember, Mintesinot A Taye, Getaneh Gebeyehu, Gashaw Mulu, Trinh Thang Long, Durai Jayaraman, Shiferaw Abebe

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Article in Carbon balance and management, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Ayana A JemberInstitute of Disaster Risk Management and Food Security Studies, Bahir Dar University, P. O. Box 5501, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
Mintesinot A TayeInstitute of Disaster Risk Management and Food Security Studies, Bahir Dar University, P. O. Box 5501, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
Getaneh GebeyehuDepartment of Biology, Injibara University, Injibara, Ethiopia.
Gashaw MuluDepartment of Development Environment Management Studies, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Trinh Thang LongInternational Bamboo and Rattan Organization, Beijing, 100102, China.
Durai JayaramanInternational Bamboo and Rattan Organization, Beijing, 100102, China.
Shiferaw AbebeDepartment of Geography and Environmental Studies, Assosa University, Assosa, Ethiopia. shiferaw1a@gmail.com.

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backgroundIn Ethiopia, highland bamboo has been cultivated in various niches: farmlands, riverbanks, woodlot boundaries, and homesteads, and agroforestry systems. However, the biomass and carbon storage of potential of bamboo forests across niches is not well characterized in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study was conducted to estimate the biomass and carbon storage potential of highland bamboo plantations in northwestern Ethiopia. To this end, a total of 60 circular plots measuring 100 m

resultsResults showed that the mean aboveground biomass (AGB) ranged from 150.18 - 191.42 Mg ha

conclusionThis study highlights the importance of bamboo plantations in climate change mitigation. Hence, bamboo plantation should be promoted; and natural resource management and forestry departments of the government, Universities, research centers, the International Bamboo and Rattan Organization (INBAR), and other partners should work with local communities to expand bamboo plantation on their homesteads and degraded lands.

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