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Moringa and CARBON SEQUESTRATION

TTO Climate

Organisation

STATISTICS FROM THE FORESTRY AGENCY OF JAPAN 2009
Malunggay Sustainable
solutions for the
Moringa and Carbon Dioxide Absorption environment

1 person emits 320kg of CO2/yr; it takes 23 Japanese Cedar 2013
trees 50 years to absorb this amount of CO2; it takes 2 Moringa
trees 2 years to absorb this amount. “The leaves of this tree (Moringa
oleifera) have been proven to be of
1 family car emits 2300kg of CO2/yr; it takes 160 Japanese extremely high notional value and
Cedar trees 50 years to absorb this amount of CO2; it takes 10 both the pods and leaves are high
Moringa trees 2 years. demand worldwide. Because of

the carbon sequestration
* 1 household(??people) emits 6500kg of CO2/yr; 460 Japanese requirements, only pods will be
Japanese Cedar trees 50 years to absorb this amount of CO2;
26 moringa trees absorb this amount in 2 years etc. harvested.”

AQ Abellon Quarterly 2010 Bioscience Discovery

2014
First Step Towards Dedicated Energy
Crop Cultivation “Carbon Sequestration
Potential of Tree Species…”
The project covers 130 acres of marginal land, and
crops planted would include bamboo and Moringa “Moringa oleifera species
oleifera. This is the first of its kind Indian
demonstration project for growing species which will was found to be dominant
lead to better environmental conditions, and at the
same time, earn CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) sequestrated 15.775 tons
benefits. (Kyoto protocol for emission limitation) of carbon…”

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