Kaziranga National Park is a net carbon emitter

Kaziranga National Park is a net carbon emitter

TOPIC: Environment

Context- The soil in Kaziranga is home to a large population of bacteria that release carbon dioxide as they breathe, adding to what trees and others emanate.

Concept-

Why Kaziranga a Net Carbon emitter:

• This is mainly due to decreasing rainfall in the region, which has already been observed in the last few decades.
• It is due to the unique soil of the deciduous forest.
• The soil is home to a large population of bacteria that release carbon dioxide as they breathe, which adds to the carbon dioxide being emanated by other organisms, including trees.
• This is according to latest research conducted by a group of scientists from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, Maharashtra and Tezpur University in Tezpur, Assam.
• Usually, forests absorb more carbon than they release, which makes them carbon sinks and they are globally promoted to counter the carbon dioxide emissions from different human activities.
• The main process by which a forest absorbs carbon is the process of photosynthesis that trees use to produce food for themselves and for other organisms in the forest.

Kaziranga National Park:

• Kaziranga National Park in Assam, home to the largest-population of the one-horned rhinoceros in the world.
• It was declared as a National Park in 1974.
• It has been declared a tiger reserve since 2007. It has a total tiger reserve area of 1,030 sq km with a core area of 430 sq. km.
• It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.
• It is recognized as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International.