Table 2 Area coverage and average carbon stock in three IPCC pools for different land cover classes
From: Carbon stocks for different land cover types in Mainland Tanzania
Primary land cover class | Land cover sub-class | Area (ha) | AGC (t C ha−1) | BGC (t C ha−1) | DWC (t C ha−1) | Total carbon (t C ha−1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Forest | Forest: Plantation | 543,025.2 | 20.0 | 4.8 | 0.4 | 25.2 |
Forest | Forest: Mangrove | 158,404.6 | 34.3 | 32.9 | 11.7 | 78.9 |
Forest | Forest: Humid Montane | 953,866.4 | 62.0 | 15.5 | 4.8 | 82.4 |
Forest | Forest: Lowland | 1,663,340.3 | 43.7 | 10.9 | 3.4 | 58.0 |
Forest | Woodland: Closed (> 40%) | 9,006,125.9 | 32.4 | 13.9 | 1.6 | 47.8 |
Forest | Woodland: Open (10–40%) | 36,219,223.5 | 20.0 | 8.8 | 1.1 | 29.9 |
Forest | Cultivated land (Wooded crops): Mixed tree cropping | 148,306.2 | 18.1 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 24.7 |
Forest | Cultivated land: Wooded crops | 1,493,112.2 | 10.9 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 15.1 |
Forest | Woodland: Scattered crop woodland (unspecified density) (wooded crops) | 2,518,260.2 | 9.0 | 4.2 | 0. 8 | 14.0 |
Forest | Bushland: Thicket | 951,895.3 | 6.3 | 1.578 | 0.5 | 8.4 |
Forest | Bushland: Thicket with emergent trees | 303,396.0 | 14.7 | 8.1 | 2.2 | 25.0 |
Non forest | Bushland: Dense | 1,961,501.5 | 9.0 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 11.8 |
Non forest | Bushland: Emergent trees | 320,526.0 | 9.3 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 15.4 |
Non forest | Bushland: Open | 2,796,873.4 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 0.2 | 14.3 |
Non forest | Bushland: Scattered cultivation | 1,139,605.7 | 7.1 | 4.5 | 0.9 | 12.5 |
Non forest | Cultivated land: Agro-forestry system | 1,352,158.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 5.5 |
Non forest | Cultivated land: Grain crops | 9,748,899.9 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 3.3 |
Non forest | Cultivated land: Herbaceous crops | 4,971,302.0 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 3.6 |
Non forest | Grassland: Bushed | 433,078.4 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 4.8 |
Non forest | Grassland: Open | 3,115,798.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.03 | 0.3 |
Non forest | Grassland: Scattered cropland | 582,387.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.7 |
Non forest | Grassland: Wooded | 4,667,016.0 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 7.2 |
Non forest | Not classified | 4903.9 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 4.2 |
Non forest | Open land: Bare soil | 159,354.4 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 3.7 |
Non forest | Open land: Rock outcrops | 94,368.6 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 6.0 |
Non forest | Open land: Salt crusts | 17,807.6 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
Non forest | Other areas | 1,861,784.0 | 5.4 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 7.2 |
wetland | Water: Inland water | 149,490.0 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 7.9 |
wetland | Water: Swamp | 998,490.1 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 3.7 |