Benchmark map of forest carbon stocks in tropical regions across three continents
Jet Propulsion Laboratory · University of California, Los Angeles · +8 more institutions
Abstract
Developing countries are required to produce robust estimates of forest carbon stocks for successful implementation of climate change mitigation policies related to reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD). Here we present a "benchmark" map of biomass carbon stocks over 2.5 billion ha of forests on three continents, encompassing all tropical forests, for the early 2000s, which will be invaluable for REDD assessments at both project and national scales. We mapped the total carbon stock in live biomass (above- and belowground), using a combination of data from 4,079 in situ inventory plots and satellite light detection and ranging (Lidar) samples of forest structure to estimate carbon…
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14Topics & keywords
- Carbon stock
- Environmental science
- Carbon sequestration
- Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
- Deforestation (computer science)
- Climate change
- Stock (firearms)
- Greenhouse gas