MODELING CARBON DIOXIDE STORAGE AND SEQUESTRATION POTENTIALS OF CITY PARKS IN BANDUNG CITY

MODELING CARBON DIOXIDE STORAGE AND
SEQUESTRATION POTENTIALS OF CITY PARKS IN
BANDUNG CITY
Abstract: Increased concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG’s) are linked with the increased
risk of global climate change. Urban trees can reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), the main
anthropogenic GHG. Urban forest is a widely known carbon reservoir. Woody vegetation, trees
and shrubs, sequester CO2 through photosynthesis and store excess carbon as biomass. Park is the
second largest component of urban forest in Bandung City, and is targetted to be the largest in
2030 .The potentials of carbon storage and sequestration in city parks in Bandung have not been
measured prior to this research. Three storage and sequestration potential models (Pesimistic,
Realistic, and Optimistic scenarios), which were run for a ten year period, estimated areas for
additinal tree planting between 114,089 – 329,718 m2. The three modeling scenarios have the
potential to increase, within the next 10 years: DCS by, 0.1 – 13.4 tonC.100 m-2; CS, by, 116,3 –
5,126.1 tonC; DCSR by, 0.01 – 0.28 tonC.100 m-2.Yr-1; and CSR by, 13.4 – 863.9 tonC Yr-1.