Vegetation composition and carbon stocks in West Batang Toru Forest Block, North Sumatra

West Batang Toru Forest Block, North Tapanuli Regency, North Sumatra Province is a forest that contains numerous species of tree stands and is estimated to be able to store a considerable high carbon from the atmosphere. The aim of this study was to determine the composition of vegetation and the po...

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Main Authors: NURSAHARA PASARIBU, LATIFAH HANNUM RANGKUTI, JULIUS PAOLO SIREGAR
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Published: Universitas Syiah Kuala, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science 2024-11-01
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Online Access:https://jurnal.usk.ac.id/natural/article/view/30908
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JULIUS PAOLO SIREGAR
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description West Batang Toru Forest Block, North Tapanuli Regency, North Sumatra Province is a forest that contains numerous species of tree stands and is estimated to be able to store a considerable high carbon from the atmosphere. The aim of this study was to determine the composition of vegetation and the potential for carbon stored in the forest region. This research was conducted from September 2021 to March 2022 using a purposive sampling method. Vegetation data were analyzed using the Diversity Index (H'), Uniformity Index (E) using the Shannon-Wiener equation. The carbon stock of each stand per species was estimated using the Ketterings’ allometric equation. The study documented a total of 64 families, belonging to 297 species with a total of 2,399 individuals. The percentage of composition of all growth rates ranged from 31%-59%. The Importance Value Index (IVI) of all growth rates ranged between 14.3 to 71.7%. The highest diversity index and evenness index at the tree level were 4.71 and 0.85. The stored carbon is 373.227 tons C/ha in West Batang Toru Forest Block, highlighting the forest region as an important green carbon sink.
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spelling doaj-art-7cfed3870da449f3bd4bc8ef5ccfa0322025-08-20T02:18:50ZengUniversitas Syiah Kuala, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural ScienceJurnal Natural1411-85132541-40622024-11-0124317518110.24815/jn.v24i3.3090819113Vegetation composition and carbon stocks in West Batang Toru Forest Block, North SumatraNURSAHARA PASARIBU0LATIFAH HANNUM RANGKUTI1JULIUS PAOLO SIREGAR2Universitas Sumatera UtaraUniversitas Sumatera UtaraYayasan Ekosistem Lestari (YEL)West Batang Toru Forest Block, North Tapanuli Regency, North Sumatra Province is a forest that contains numerous species of tree stands and is estimated to be able to store a considerable high carbon from the atmosphere. The aim of this study was to determine the composition of vegetation and the potential for carbon stored in the forest region. This research was conducted from September 2021 to March 2022 using a purposive sampling method. Vegetation data were analyzed using the Diversity Index (H'), Uniformity Index (E) using the Shannon-Wiener equation. The carbon stock of each stand per species was estimated using the Ketterings’ allometric equation. The study documented a total of 64 families, belonging to 297 species with a total of 2,399 individuals. The percentage of composition of all growth rates ranged from 31%-59%. The Importance Value Index (IVI) of all growth rates ranged between 14.3 to 71.7%. The highest diversity index and evenness index at the tree level were 4.71 and 0.85. The stored carbon is 373.227 tons C/ha in West Batang Toru Forest Block, highlighting the forest region as an important green carbon sink.https://jurnal.usk.ac.id/natural/article/view/30908batang torucarbon sequestrationcommunity ecologyvegetation analysis
spellingShingle NURSAHARA PASARIBU
LATIFAH HANNUM RANGKUTI
JULIUS PAOLO SIREGAR
Vegetation composition and carbon stocks in West Batang Toru Forest Block, North Sumatra
Jurnal Natural
batang toru
carbon sequestration
community ecology
vegetation analysis
title Vegetation composition and carbon stocks in West Batang Toru Forest Block, North Sumatra
title_full Vegetation composition and carbon stocks in West Batang Toru Forest Block, North Sumatra
title_fullStr Vegetation composition and carbon stocks in West Batang Toru Forest Block, North Sumatra
title_full_unstemmed Vegetation composition and carbon stocks in West Batang Toru Forest Block, North Sumatra
title_short Vegetation composition and carbon stocks in West Batang Toru Forest Block, North Sumatra
title_sort vegetation composition and carbon stocks in west batang toru forest block north sumatra
topic batang toru
carbon sequestration
community ecology
vegetation analysis
url https://jurnal.usk.ac.id/natural/article/view/30908
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