Spatial Assessment of Para Rubber (Hevea Brasiliensis) Above Ground Biomass Potentials in Songkhla Province, Southern Thailand
sustainability Article Spatial Assessment of Para Rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) above Ground Biomass Potentials in Songkhla Province, Southern Thailand John Nyandansobi Simon 1, Narissara Nuthammachot 1 , Teerawet Titseesang 2, Kingsley Ezechukwu Okpara 1 and Kuaanan Techato 1,3,* 1 Faculty of Environmental Management, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla 90110, Thailand; jsimon628@gmail.com (J.N.S.); narissara.n@psu.ac.th (N.N.); okparakingsley777@gmail.com (K.E.O.) 2 Faculty of Business Administration, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok 10520, Thailand; teerawet.ti@kmitl.ac.th 3 Environmental Assessment and Technology for Hazardous Waste Management Research Center, Faculty of Environmental Management, Prince of Songkhla University, Hat Yai, Songkla 90110, Thailand * Correspondence: kuaanan.t@psu.ac.th Abstract: Currently, Songkhla Province of Thailand has been recognized as a convenient hub of rubber industry development, accompanied by an attendant abundance of rubber tree plantations. A spatialized assessment of the rubber tree was carried out to estimate its aboveground biomass potentials using remote sensing techniques and ecosystem modeling procedures. Moderate Reso- lution Imaging Spectroradiometer satellite-based estimations of the net primary productivity were derived and complemented with a calculated generic model, to quantify the respective above ground Citation: Simon, J.N.; biomass potentials para rubber. Above ground biomass assessment findings revealed a mean value of Nuthammachot, N.; Titseesang, T.; 82.1 tonnes C ha−1 and an aggregate of 31. 9 million tonnes C ha−1 which is the theoretical potential, Okpara, K.E.; Techato, K. Spatial this is segregated into energy usable, and other economic purpose biomass potentials, with corre- Assessment of Para Rubber (Hevea sponding value ranges of 1624.1 to 6,041,531.2 million tonnes C ha−1 and 85.5 to 317,975.6 thousand brasiliensis) above Ground Biomass −1 Potentials in Songkhla Province, tonnes C ha respectively.
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