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Table 2 Potential carbon storage in Melaleuca peat-swamp forests: case in U Minh Thuong National Park

From: An assessment of the carbon stocks and sodicity tolerance of disturbed Melaleuca forests in Southern Vietnam

Land cover type

Area (ha)

Carbon density (tC/ha)

Carbon storage tC

Mature Melaleuca forests on clay soil without peat

1,765

305.06

538,431

Mature Melaleuca forests on clay soil with peat

601

784.68

471,593

Regenerating Melaleuca on clay soil with peat

2,106

544.28

1,146,254

Regenerating Melaleuca on clay soil without peat

1,106

246.96

273,138

Others (open water, reeds and grasses)

2,460

107.91

265,459

Total

8,038

 

2,694,874

  1. The areas of Melaleuca forests in U Minh Thuong National Park are taken from a Vietnam Environment Protection Agency report [48].
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