Eleventh International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses

Abstract

The third annual report of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts that the concentration of carbon in atmosphere may reach to a worse state of 1000 ppm by 2100. Future concerns of concentration of carbon in atmosphere insist to develop sustainable technologies that bears the capability of direct carbon capturing (DCC). The natural process of DCC is plantation. According to UN report, Pakistan should have forest on 12% of its total area to maintain environmental sustainability. In Pakistan, being a developing country, only 1.91% of total area is occupied by forests. Pakistan is required to have an additional forest area of 10.1% to meet international standards of UN. In Pakistan, 11% area falls to category that is confronting the problem of inadequate attention and water resources. Moreover, 7% area is uncultivated due to high salt concentration in soil. Plantation of eucalyptus camaldulensis in improper attention area and plantation of conocapus lancifolius salted area will make a total of 18% in addition to already present forest and Pakistan will reach to sustainable forestry region. But this natural solution cannot control the increasing concentration of C in atmosphere due to industrialization. To absorb total amount of C emitted by different sectors, 23% of Pakistan’s total area is required to be cover with plants.