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Table 7 Low, medium and high peat carbon storage (GtC) by island and depth class, calculated using data from MoA peat maps

From: An appraisal of Indonesia’s immense peat carbon stock using national peatland maps: uncertainties and potential losses from conversion

Province

Depth class

50–100

100–200

200–300

>300

Total carbon (Gt)

%

Low

Med

High

Low

Med

High

Low

Med

High

Low

Med

High

Low

Med

High

Low

Med

High

Kalimantan

0.31

0.47

0.62

0.81

1.21

1.62

1.32

1.64

2.30

2.30

5.76

7.68

4.74

9.08

12.22

34.8

35.9

36.2

Sumatra

0.58

0.87

1.16

1.14

1.71

2.28

1.62

2.03

3.57

3.57

8.92

11.90

6.91

13.53

18.91

50.8

53.4

56.0

Papua

0.79

1.18

1.58

0.53

0.80

1.06

0.58

0.73

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

1.90

2.71

2.64

14.0

10.7

7.8

Total

1.68

2.52

3.37

2.48

3.72

4.96

3.52

4.40

5.87

5.87

14.68

19.57

13.56

25.33

33.77

   
  1. Percentage (%) of each total C estimate is indicated in the last column. Detailed data by province are provided in Additional file 1: Tables 17–19