Blue carbon stock of the Bangladesh Sundarban mangroves: What could be the scenario after a century?

The total blue carbon stock of the Bangladesh Sundarban mangroves was evaluated

From:: Department for International Development
Published: 1 September 2016

Country:: Bangladesh
Document Type:: Journal Article
Theme:: Climate and Environment
Authors:: Chanda, A, Mukhopardhyay, A, Ghosh, T

Abstract

The total blue carbon stock of the Bangladesh Sundarban mangroves was evaluated and the probable future status after a century was predicted based on the recent trend of changes in the last 30 years and implementing a hybrid model of Markov Chain and Cellular automata.

This research was supported by the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) programme

Citation

Chanda, A., Mukhopadhyay, A., Ghosh, T., Akhand, A., Mondal, P., Ghosh, S., Mukherjee, S., Wolf, J., Lázár, A.N., Rahman, M.Munsur, Salehin, M., Chowdhury, S.M., Hazra, S., Blue carbon stock of the Bangladesh Sundarban mangroves: What could be the scenario after a century?, Wetlands, vol.36, issue6, pp.1033-1045, 2016