Carbon Stock Estimation of Trees in the Virachilai Ayyanar Sacred Grove in Pudukottai District, Tamil Nadu, India.

World carbon emission has been increasing due to the daily anthropogenic advances of human beings. Carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere has seen an increasing trend every year. Plants in the forests are effective in sequestering and storing carbon below ground and above ground by their photosynthesis process. Trees absorb atmospheric carbon, assimilate and store this carbon as rich organic compounds. Trees in the forests are contributing towards reducing atmospheric carbon. The present study estimated the amount of carbon that is sequestered by trees in Virachilai Ayyanar sacred grove in Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu. The carbon stock in the various species ranged from 0.001 tons to 6.41 tons per hectare. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]