Abstract:
An urban forest is a collection of trees growing among buildings and
people where they can protect the city as the functional traits. Forests are playing an
important role in stabilizing CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere. As forest is a source
of CO2 emissions, forests are also able to absorb and store CO2, so we could estimate the
amount of CO2 absorbed by forest trees by calculating their biomass. This study aims to
obtain the amount of carbon stock stored in the City Forest of Bumi Saniari, Teluk Bintuni
Regency. Carbon stock was calculated to obtaine aboveground carbon (AGB), below
ground carbon (BGB) and litter carbon (CS). In this study no measurements were made
of soil carbon. The method used in this research is descriptive method and field survey
with measurements using the nondestructive method. The results obtained were 801.52
tons of stored carbon above ground (AGB), the soil surface / litter (CS) is 273.54 tons C.
The total carbon stock is 10 hectares of 1,411.69 tons C.