3.3 Changes in biomass and carbon stock
The spatial pattern of AGB
revealed that it declined significantly due to establishment of camps to
accommodate Rohingya refugee between 2017 and 2019. Fig. 7 shows that
AGB decreased over space and their distribution could decline severely
in the future. At temporal scale, mixed forest experienced a severe loss
in biomass followed by canopy forest cover (Table 9). Since these
categories play an important role in ecosystem functioning, their
influence on the loss of AGB is noteworthy than shrubs and plantation
forest (young trees) landcovers. It is also observed that 27,600 tons of
carbon may have released to the atmosphere between 2017 and 2019 which
may increase to about 71,920 tons, if deforestation continues at the
current rate.