: In Brahmaputra’s floodplains, planted forests can help in tackling soil erosion #IndiaNEWS A new study that examined the plant diversity and carbon stock of a 39-year-old human-created forest, Molai

In Brahmaputra’s floodplains, planted forests can help in tackling soil erosion #IndiaNEWS
A new study that examined the plant diversity and carbon stock of a 39-year-old human-created forest, Molai Kathoni in Assam, and a natural forest of comparable age, shows that a mixed tree species plantation in Brahmaputra’s degraded floodplains can be a viable nature-based solution to address flood and erosion impacts. The Molai Kathoni forest on the Majuli river island was created using mixed species planted by Padma Shri Jadav Payeng, now popularly known as a the “Forest Man of India???.“The river valleys in the region are annually affected by intense flooding, causing erosion of flood plains, loss of vegetation cover and land-use change,??? study co-author Anudip Gogoi told Mongabay-India. “The Molai Kathoni forest was planted using mixed species on the degraded sandbars along the stretch of Brahmaputra river.???The researchers found that plant species composition, plant diversity, and carbon stocks after 39 years of the plantation were similar to those in the natural forest (in Jorhat district) studied as a reference.“The higher plant diversity in the planted forest could be because of species composition fully dependent on the interest of the stakeholder while it is a naturally driven phenomenon in the natural forest,??? explained Gogoi who was earlier with the Mizoram University. “Our study demonstrates that the establishment of mixed-species...Read more

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