04335nas|a2200433 i 4500 20260817163521.0 151096s1995 th uu m rtt 00| a1eng d .b11539161 AIT RSPR no. NR-95-01 Ahmed, Nasir Assessment of carbon sequestration through forests : the case of Thailand Bangkok : Asian Institute of Technology, 1995 110 leaves Research studies project report ; no. NR-95-01 A Research Su1dy submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources & Development Research Studies Project Report (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1995 The nature, mechanism and the driving forces for global warming and greenhouse effect are briefly reviewed in the study. The practical con sequences for the rising rates of tropical deforestation and the potential gai ns obtained from conserving and increasing forest cover so as to expand a potential vegetal sink for ever-increasing carbon di oxide (co2) emissions through anthropogenic activities, are discussed and assessed in detail. Estimation of costs of carbon sequestration, as applicable to various available and appropriate forestry options for Thailand, are made with special focus on planting of the four major indigenous Tropical forest tree types viz . , Evergreen, Mixed Deciduous, Dry Dipterocarpous and Coniferous. The results obtained out of these estimations using Net Primary Productivity (NPP) of these f our tropical forest types, and Fractional Carbon Content (FCC) of Dry Matter, assumed to be 0.50 for t h is study, showed the transplanting and direct sowing of tropical dry Dipterocarpous trees to be mot economic forestry option (sequestration costs = U.S.$ 1.34 and U.S.$ 0.94, respectively), for transplanting and direct sowing of seeds, in Thailand. The carbon sequestration costs increase with a decrease in the NPP value of the forest tree types used for affore station. The policies, programmes, and projects presently in effect in Thai l and, for increasing the for est vegetal cover of the country, are critically analysed, reviewed and assessed for their contribution towards increasing potential forest sink for co2 sequestration. Though the policies and programmes currently in effect in Thailand show a keenness of the state towards ensuring the protection of the existing forests at the same time expanding the total forest vegetal cover through afforestation/reforestation, yet the success of these measures, as also found in this study, requires full consideration of factors like land availability and suitability, biotic potential for carbon fixation, proper selection of projects and accounting for implementation uncertainties. Climatic changes Thailand Suselo, Tri B., Chairperson Apisit Eiumnoh, Examination Committee Preeda Pakpian, Examination Committee Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA)., Scholarship Donor Asian Institute of Technology. Research studies project report ; no. NR-95-01 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B15469 .b11539161 mnait v 240329 0 961015 m a v 0 mnait mnait mnarc mnarc 20 40 Barcode : 30050120721963 CREATED : 1996-10-15 RECORD # : i11847190 LPATRON : 1029034 LCHKIN : 2019-07-04 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 4 TOT RENEW : 1 Barcode : 30050120721955 CREATED : 1996-10-15 RECORD # : i11847207 LPATRON : 1025186 LCHKIN : 2016-02-11 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 8 TOT RENEW : 4 Barcode : 30050160106687 CREATED : 2016-04-20 RECORD # : i12942224 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050211013882 CREATED : 2022-02-23 RECORD # : i13369945 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 8996 8996 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-17 10.00 0 AIT RSPR no. NR-95-01 30050120721963 2026-08-17 16:35:21 1 2026-08-17 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-17 10.00 0 AIT RSPR no. NR-95-01 30050120721955 2026-08-17 16:35:21 2 2026-08-17 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-17 0 AIT RSPR no. NR-95-01 30050160106687 2026-08-17 16:35:21 1 2026-08-17 40 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-17 50.00 0 AIT RSPR no. NR-95-01 30050211013882 2026-08-17 16:35:21 3 2026-08-17 20