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Table 7 Comparison of biomass and area statistics for the main LC classes of Uganda

From: Mapping biomass with remote sensing: a comparison of methods for the case study of Uganda

 

AGB Ref. values (Mg/ha)

Total AGB (Tg)

Area (Km2 × 1000)

LC class

NBS Plots

IPCC Tier1

NBS Plots + NBS LC

IPCC Tier1 + NBS LC

NBS LC

GLC2000

Forest

35 - 223

115 - 310

294

1279

49.3

67.3

Shrubland

14

70

14

98

14.2

49.2

Grassland

8

2 - 6

47

31

51.2

15.8

Agricolture

11

10

112

84

84.7

70.7

  1. For each LC class, the comparison is performed between the NBS and the IPCC Tier 1 biomass reference values (left columns), between the total AGB estimates of Uganda obtained by applying the NBS and IPCC reference values to the NBS LC map (central columns), and between the area mapped by the NBS LC and the GLC2000 maps (right columns)
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