Carbon Sequestration Potentials and Land Management Approaches Along the Fringes of the Mangrove Forest in the Indian Sundarbans

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https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-00704-9_18

Authors: Sinchan Banerjee, Abhisek Santra, Tuhin Bhadra, Roshan Das, Rupayan Sardar, Soumak Roy, Kasturi Mukherjee & Abinit Saha 

02 January 2026

Abstract

The Sundarbans, a complex coastal mangrove ecosystem, is important for climate change mitigation because it has a significant potential to sequester carbon. The study aims to evaluate the stored and potential threats to blue carbon stocks along the fringe areas of the Indian Sundarbans and to propose effective land management strategies to conserve and restore these stocks. This research used historical data, field measurements, remote sensing data, and different modeling techniques to quantify carbon stocks and project future scenarios. The findings reveal that the Sundarbans have blue carbon stocks with an estimated total of 10 Tg C. However, the carbon stocks in the Sundarbans are threatened by anthropogenic activities and environmental factors. Based on current trends using scenario modeling, a potential loss of 11 Tg C in this region was projected by 2100. To address these problems, a comprehensive land management strategy was proposed by identifying key knowledge gaps in understanding different factors affecting the mangroves and improving their condition in this region.

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