Aboveground carbon stocks for different forest types in eastern Amazonia
Protected areas worldwide have been recognized as crucial entities in preserving and conserving forest ecosystem services. These areas play an important role in mitigating climate change due to their carbon stocks. In this study, we characterized the aboveground carbon stocks (AGC) across different...
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| description | Protected areas worldwide have been recognized as crucial entities in preserving and conserving forest ecosystem services. These areas play an important role in mitigating climate change due to their carbon stocks. In this study, we characterized the aboveground carbon stocks (AGC) across different forest types for the Protected Area Carajás National Forest in the Eastern Amazon, based on data from 387 forest inventory plots and two distinct AGC maps from remote sensing and LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) data fusion—GEDI and EBA. The estimates of AGC from field data showed higher amounts of AGC in the open forest formations (187.20 ± 46.83 MgC ha ^−1 ), followed by dense (105.90 ± 42.56 ha ^−1 MgC ha ^−1 ) and transitional forests (48.86 ± 31.72 MgC ha ^−1 ) with lower amounts under seasonal forests (38.65 ± 9.48 MgC ha ^−1 ) and secondary forest areas (>23 MgCha ^−1 ). However, the dense, seasonal, and transitional forests exhibited higher carbon density than the open and secondary areas in both AGC maps analyzed. We emphasize the significant importance of monitoring open and seasonal forest areas, due to the gap in field data for these forest types in Amazonia. Here, we underscore the importance of more standardized forest field data and better plot distribution in non-disturbed areas to reduce the uncertainty of AGC estimates and improve the estimation of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest fires. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bb71f1faf57b4ce5970a9a3d766c0a582025-08-20T01:53:49ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research Communications2515-76202025-01-017404500610.1088/2515-7620/adc06aAboveground carbon stocks for different forest types in eastern AmazoniaEmily Ane Dionizio0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1925-1809Tereza Cristina Giannini1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9830-1204Markus Gastauer2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9599-0902Rafael Gomes Barbosa-Silva3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0668-4840Rafael Lucas Figueiredo de Souza4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1328-057XSamia Nunes5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5460-3312Silvio Junio Ramos6https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-8418Caroline Oliveira Andrino7https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1107-5692Rosane Barbosa Lopes Cavalcante8https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5941-6460Instituto Tecnológico Vale – ITV, Belém, Pará, 66055-090, Brazil; World Resources Institute, São Paulo, São Paulo, 05422-030, BrazilInstituto Tecnológico Vale – ITV, Belém, Pará, 66055-090, BrazilInstituto Tecnológico Vale – ITV, Belém, Pará, 66055-090, BrazilMuseu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Coordenação de Botânica, Belém, Pará, 66077-830, BrazilInstituto Tecnológico Vale – ITV, Belém, Pará, 66055-090, BrazilInstituto Tecnológico Vale – ITV, Belém, Pará, 66055-090, BrazilInstituto Tecnológico Vale – ITV, Belém, Pará, 66055-090, BrazilUniversidade de Brasília , Departamento de Botânica, Campus Darcy Ribeiro, CEP, 70910-900 Brasília, Distrito Federal, BrazilInstituto Tecnológico Vale – ITV, Belém, Pará, 66055-090, BrazilProtected areas worldwide have been recognized as crucial entities in preserving and conserving forest ecosystem services. These areas play an important role in mitigating climate change due to their carbon stocks. In this study, we characterized the aboveground carbon stocks (AGC) across different forest types for the Protected Area Carajás National Forest in the Eastern Amazon, based on data from 387 forest inventory plots and two distinct AGC maps from remote sensing and LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) data fusion—GEDI and EBA. The estimates of AGC from field data showed higher amounts of AGC in the open forest formations (187.20 ± 46.83 MgC ha ^−1 ), followed by dense (105.90 ± 42.56 ha ^−1 MgC ha ^−1 ) and transitional forests (48.86 ± 31.72 MgC ha ^−1 ) with lower amounts under seasonal forests (38.65 ± 9.48 MgC ha ^−1 ) and secondary forest areas (>23 MgCha ^−1 ). However, the dense, seasonal, and transitional forests exhibited higher carbon density than the open and secondary areas in both AGC maps analyzed. We emphasize the significant importance of monitoring open and seasonal forest areas, due to the gap in field data for these forest types in Amazonia. Here, we underscore the importance of more standardized forest field data and better plot distribution in non-disturbed areas to reduce the uncertainty of AGC estimates and improve the estimation of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest fires.https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/adc06aaboveground carbonforest inventoryGEDICarajás National Forest |
| spellingShingle | Emily Ane Dionizio Tereza Cristina Giannini Markus Gastauer Rafael Gomes Barbosa-Silva Rafael Lucas Figueiredo de Souza Samia Nunes Silvio Junio Ramos Caroline Oliveira Andrino Rosane Barbosa Lopes Cavalcante Aboveground carbon stocks for different forest types in eastern Amazonia Environmental Research Communications aboveground carbon forest inventory GEDI Carajás National Forest |
| title | Aboveground carbon stocks for different forest types in eastern Amazonia |
| title_full | Aboveground carbon stocks for different forest types in eastern Amazonia |
| title_fullStr | Aboveground carbon stocks for different forest types in eastern Amazonia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Aboveground carbon stocks for different forest types in eastern Amazonia |
| title_short | Aboveground carbon stocks for different forest types in eastern Amazonia |
| title_sort | aboveground carbon stocks for different forest types in eastern amazonia |
| topic | aboveground carbon forest inventory GEDI Carajás National Forest |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/adc06a |
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