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Biomass and carbon stocks of tropical African forests: synthesis and perspectives
Loubota Panzou, Grâce Jopaul; Doucet, Jean-Louis; Loumeto, Jean-Joël et al.
2015La biodiversité et le développement, un héritage global
 

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Keywords :
Biomass; Carbon stocks; Africa; Tropical forests
Abstract :
[en] Quantifying the biomass and carbon stocks contained in tropical forests has become an international priority for the implementation of the REDD+ mechanism. Forest biomass is estimated through three successive levels: the tree, the stand and the region level. This study reviews the state of the art on the estimation of biomass and carbon stocks contained in tropical African forests. This review highlights that only few allometric equations, equations used for estimating biomass of the tree from non-destructive measurements (diameter, height), have been established for tropical African forests. At the stand level, this synthesis highlights the spatial and temporal variations in biomass between forests types in Central and Eastern Africa. While biomass recovery after disturbance (logging for instance) is rather quick, there is still a lot of uncertainity on the spatial variation in biomass, and there is no consensus on a regional biomass map. The quality of biomass mapping in tropical Africa stronly depends on the various sensors used (optical, RADAR or LIDAR), the allometric equation used to convert forest inventory data and sampling design. Based on the lack of precision of available allometric equations and forest inventory data a large spatial scale, many uncertainties persist on estimating the biomass and carbon stocks contained in the African tropical forests. It is important to develop reference sites (both allometry and forest inventory) to provide accurate biomass estimates for an effective implementation of the REDD+.
Disciplines :
Agriculture & agronomy
Environmental sciences & ecology
Author, co-author :
Loubota Panzou, Grâce Jopaul  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Doct. sc. agro. & ingé. biol. (Paysage)
Doucet, Jean-Louis ;  Université de Liège > Ingénierie des biosystèmes (Biose) > Laboratoire de Foresterie des régions trop. et subtropicales
Loumeto, Jean-Joël
Fayolle, Adeline  ;  Université de Liège > Ingénierie des biosystèmes (Biose) > Gestion des ressources forestières et des milieux naturels
Language :
English
Title :
Biomass and carbon stocks of tropical African forests: synthesis and perspectives
Publication date :
26 November 2015
Event name :
La biodiversité et le développement, un héritage global
Event organizer :
Capacities for Biodiversity and Sustainable Development (CEbioS)
Event place :
Bruxelles, Belgium
Event date :
26 novembre 2015
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