Estimasi Karbon Biomassa Serasah Di Stasiun Restorasi Bengkelang Aceh Tamiang Kawasan Ekosistem Leuser

Abstract

Forests are an important agent in reducing global climate change through sequestering and storing carbon in the form of biomass. Global climate change due to increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O, CFC) has had a negative impact on the environment. CO2 levels continue to increase from year to year due to human activities, therefore efforts are needed to improve this situation, one of which is restoration activities. Restoration is an activity carried out to restore forest functions and restore the condition of forests whose ecosystems have been damaged. One of the functions of forests is to supply oxygen and absorb carbon. Until now, research on carbon storage has never been carried out in the Bengkelang restoration area. This research aims to determine the potential for litter biomass storage and the potential for carbon storage in litter biomass in the Workshopang restoration area. The methods used in the research consist of research methods in the field and research methods in the laboratory. The research method in the field is a collaboration between the line transect method and the quadratic method and sampling is carried out using a destructive method (harvesting) with a plot area of 1 m x 1 m and litter sampling. Meanwhile, the research method in the laboratory is determining the dry weight of litter biomass samples. Carbon savings are obtained by converting 0.47 (47%) of the biomass yield. The results of research in the Bengkelang restoration area were that the litter biomass deposits in the Bengkelang restoration forest were 9,421 kg. The potential for carbon storage in litter in the Bengkelang restoration forest is 0.73 tonnes/ha and the potential for litter carbon in the entire Bengkelang restoration forest area is 149.07 tonnes.