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Table 8 Total carbon stock (Gg) for Wujig Mahgo Waren forest in the year 1985, 2000 and 2016

From: The effects of land cover change on carbon stock dynamics in a dry Afromontane forest in northern Ethiopia

Land cover types

Carbon stocks (Gg)

Carbon stock changes (Gg)

1985

2000

2016

1985–2000

2000–2016

1985–2016

Dense forest

812.32

879.15

787.95

66.83

− 91.2

− 24.37

Open forest

380.42

503.44

454.09

123.02

− 49.35

73.67

Grassland

180.20

112.97

214.10

− 67.23

101.13

33.9

Cultivated land

245.74

232.29

298.62

− 13.45

66.33

52.88

Bare land

332.32

271.96

200.87

− 60.36

− 71.09

− 131.45

Total

1951.00

1999.81

1955.63

48.81

− 44.18

4.63