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Fig. 5 Temporal AGB in forest areas of Karnataka. Source Author
Fig. 6 Temporal variation in carbon sequestration for forest areas of Karnataka. Source Author
have grids expressing moderate incremental BGB of greater than 6 Gg compared
with other districts across the state.
In order to protect the land under greening initiatives and to sustain market demand
for the timber, Karnataka forest department has implemented monoculture plantations in the state. The AGB, BGB, and their carbon values were accounted to
understand the role of plantations in carbon sequestration apart from arresting land
degradations. The total carbon has been estimated based on the AGB and BGB values
as a sum of forest and forest plantations biomass. Figures 11 and 12 show the AGB