Quantifying and understanding carbon storage and sequestration within the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania, a tropical biodiversity hotspot

Table 5 Carbon stored and sequestered across the individual mountain blocks of the EAM range (the total is denoted in bold)

Eastern Arc Mountain Block [40]	Area, km²	Aboveground live carbon storage, Tg		Mean carbon sequestration, Mg ha^-1 yr^-1
Eastern Arc Mountain Block [40]		Tier 3	Willcock et al (2012) - Original Tier 2 [42]	Mean carbon sequestration, Mg ha^-1 yr^-1
North Pare	510	1.93	2.38	2.60
South Pare	2,327	8.96	9.59	2.41
West Usambara	2,945	13.52	15.96	3.64
East Usambara	1,145	5.91	7.63	2.79
Nguu	1,562	9.34	12.71	1.89
Nguru	2,565	15.11	18.86	1.79
Ukaguru	3,243	13.39	20.63	1.42
Uluguru	3,057	15.92	13.91	1.35
Rubeho	7,984	36.84	40.96	1.06
Malundwe	33	0.29	0.29	1.80
Udzungwa	22,788	101.73	104.05	1.01
Mahenge	2,606	23.58	12.08	0.19
Total	50,765	246.53	259.06	1.19

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