Assessing the impact of land use land cover change on regulatory ecosystem services of subtropical scrub forest, Soan Valley Pakistan

This study investigated the effect of land use land cover (LULC) changes on carbon sequestration in the Hayat-ul-Mir subtropical scrub reserve forest, Pakistan. Supervised maximum likelihood classification of Landsat satellite imagery was done to assess spatio-temporal changes in LULC during 2007, 2...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2022-06, Vol.12 (1), p.10052-10052, Article 10052
Main Authors: Ghafoor, Gul Zareen, Sharif, Faiza, Shahid, Memuna Ghafoor, Shahzad, Laila, Rasheed, Rizwan, Khan, Amin Ul Haq
Format: Article
Language:English
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Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide emissions
Carbon sequestration
Ecosystem services
Ecosystems
Emissions
Forests
Humanities and Social Sciences
Land use
Landsat
Landsat satellites
Markov chains
multidisciplinary
Remote sensing
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Scrub
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Summary:This study investigated the effect of land use land cover (LULC) changes on carbon sequestration in the Hayat-ul-Mir subtropical scrub reserve forest, Pakistan. Supervised maximum likelihood classification of Landsat satellite imagery was done to assess spatio-temporal changes in LULC during 2007, 2013 and 2019. The CA–Markov model was used to simulate LULC of 2030. Spatial LULC data and carbon pools data was processed in Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) carbon model to investigate the effect of LULC on future carbon dynamics. The analysis revealed increase in cover of A. modesta and O. ferruginea and decrease in agriculture, built up and barren area of forest during 2007–2019 and 2030. The analysis also showed that the forest would additionally sequester 111 Mg C with an overall Net Present Value of $4112.05 in year 2030. The analysis revealed LULC changes on 25% area with increase and decrease in the value of ecosystem service (at some location) from carbon storage and loss as CO 2 emissions respectively depending on the type of LULC converted. The study is helpful in identifying areas of potential carbon sequestration to maximize net benefits from management interventions.
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-022-14333-4