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Table 5 Main quantitative estimates for Brazilian forest plantations by year

From: Dynamics of carbon and CO2 removals by Brazilian forest plantations during 1990–2016

Variable

Genus/species

Year

1990

2000

2005

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Area (ha)

Eucalyptus

2,964,000

2,965,880

3,642,719

4,900,949

5,049,714

5,304,164

5,473,176

6,952,509

7,444,625

7,543,707

Pinus

1,769,000

1,840,050

1,831,485

1,756,359

1,641,892

1,562,782

1,570,146

2,049,234

2,065,560

2,079,162

Others

201,141

319,976

326,176

462,390

489,282

521,131

557,652

588,521

589,201

589,361

All

4,934,141

5,125,906

5,800,380

7,121,708

7,182,899

7,390,089

7,602,987

9,590,264

10,099,386

10,212,230

Commercial stem volume (m3)

Eucalyptus

400,370,533

400,624,480

547,723,276

736,912,137

899,438,225

944,760,011

974,863,865

1,238,357,728

1,326,011,790

1,343,659,945

Pinus

353,192,911

367,378,528

409,089,231

392,308,729

447,805,519

426,229,256

428,237,695

558,902,958

563,355,671

567,065,446

Others

20,588,655

32,752,524

38,413,700

54,455,602

73,464,373

78,246,415

83,729,944

88,364,841

88,466,942

88,490,965

All

774,152,099

800,755,532

995,226,207

1,183,676,468

1,420,708,118

1,449,235,681

1,486,831,504

1,885,625,528

1,977,834,402

1,999,216,356

Above ground biomass (t)

Eucalyptus

224,193,381

224,335,582

306,422,510

412,263,777

503,107,907

528,459,007

545,297,837

692,685,220

741,715,214

751,586,850

Pinus

154,766,294

160,982,318

179,425,835

172,065,936

196,722,348

187,243,828

188,126,142

245,527,795

247,483,886

249,113,602

Outros

14,947,239

23,778,134

27,877,360

39,519,194

53,277,114

56,745,100

60,721,812

64,083,086

64,157,130

64,174,553

All

393,906,914

409,096,033

513,725,705

623,848,906

753,107,369

772,447,936

794,145,790

1,002,296,102

1,053,356,231

1,064,875,004

Below ground biomass (t)

Eucalyptus

38,112,875

38,137,049

52,091,827

70,084,842

85,528,344

89,838,031

92,700,632

117,756,487

126,091,586

127,769,765

Pinus

20,704,449

21,536,021

24,077,728

23,090,080

26,539,192

25,260,475

25,379,505

33,123,381

33,387,271

33,607,131

Outros

4,539,300

7,221,139

8,488,602

12,033,518

16,300,512

17,361,567

18,578,270

19,606,676

19,629,330

19,634,661

All

63,356,624

66,894,209

84,658,157

105,208,440

128,368,048

132,460,073

136,658,408

170,486,545

179,108,188

181,011,557

Deadwood mass (t)

Eucalyptus

5,438,011

5,441,460

6,683,247

8,991,705

9,264,642

9,731,478

10,041,562

12,755,674

13,658,553

13,840,337

Pinus

6,373,981

6,629,985

6,599,124

6,328,433

5,915,991

5,630,945

5,657,479

7,383,707

7,442,532

7,491,542

Outros

116,416

185,195

188,784

267,621

283,186

301,619

322,757

340,623

341,017

341,109

All

11,928,407

12,256,640

13,471,155

15,587,759

15,463,819

15,664,043

16,021,798

20,480,005

21,442,102

21,672,989

Litter mass (t)

Eucalyptus

13,978,429

13,987,295

17,179,314

23,113,214

23,814,800

25,014,804

25,811,876

32,788,512

35,109,365

35,576,643

Pinus

22,144,728

23,034,147

22,926,929

21,986,485

20,553,562

19,563,246

19,655,430

25,652,758

25,857,131

26,027,403

Outros

2,161,921

3,439,193

3,505,832

4,969,899

5,258,942

5,601,264

5,993,802

6,325,591

6,332,900

6,334,619

All

38,285,077

40,460,635

43,612,075

50,069,598

49,627,304

50,179,313

51,461,108

64,766,861

67,299,396

67,938,666

Solidwood* (t)

All

8,552,715

10,164,398

11,886,870

12,673,541

12,047,222

11,922,273

12,173,789

11,601,964

9,749,963

8,916,910

Pig iron (t)

All

3,017,544

3,206,140

4,300,000

800,000

2,200,000

1,800,000

4,600,000

6,700,000

7,100,000

7,900,000