Table 1 Description of the forest inventory plots of the Brazilian Amazon (institutions, networks and projects)
Stakeholders | Scale | Objective of AGB collection | Initial measurements/remeasurements | Total plots/Brazilian plots | Plots in the study area/sampled area (ha) | Carbon pools measured | Availability | Web page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon forest inventory network (RAINFOR) | Amazon Basin | Monitor large-scale patterns of forest structure and dynamics across Amazonia | ~ 1960/yes | 413/141 | 105/405 | AGB | Yes, online | |
RadamBrasil | Brazilian Amazon | Large-scale forest inventories aiming at commercial trees | 1973–1983/no | 2702/2702 | 1682/1682 | AGB | Yes, online | |
Tropical ecology assessment and monitoring (TEAM) Network | Pantropical | Monitor long-term trends in biodiversity, land cover change, climate and ecosystem services in tropical forests | 2002/yes | 1021/136 | 136/136 | AGB | Yes, online | |
Research program for biodiversity (PPBio) | Brazil | Intensify biodiversity studies in Brazil, decentralizing the scientific production to disseminate the results | 2004/yes | > 1000/ND | 458/458 | AGB | Yes, online | |
Sustainable landscapes | Brazilian Amazon/local (São Paulo, Santa Catarina) | Focus on airborne LiDAR and degraded forests, using field plots to calibrate the empirical relations between ALS and AGB | 2012/yes | > 500 | 473/115 | AGB | Yes, online | |
INPA-Amazonas state forest inventory | Regional (Amazonas state), local (Acre, Pará, Roraima) | Establish a continuous forestry inventory system of Amazonas state | 1980/yes | ND/2503 | 1362 plots/1362 | AGB, few trees of BGB | Nob | |
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National Forest Inventory | Brazil | Generate information on forest resources (natural and plantations) every 5 years | 2013–2017/yes | 10,091 (of 17,580 planned)/10,091 | 1202 (of 5828 planned)/240 | AGB, litter, soil, dead wood | Not yet for the Amazon biome, yes for the rest | |
Permanent plots in forest concessions | Local (Rondônia and Pará) | Monitor forest concessions | 2010 | 192 | 192/a38.4 | AGB | ND | |
Redeflor | Brazil | Monitor forest dynamics through permanent plots | ND | 800 | ND/ND | ND | No | |
Tropical ecosystems and environmental Sciences Laboratory (TREES) | Local (Acre, Rondônia, Alta floresta, Pará, Manaus) | Assess the impacts of environmental changes on tropical ecosystems using remote sensing and field surveys, with focus on fire | 2012/yes | 60 | 49/17 | AGB | Yes, through RAINFOR site | |