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Asked 27th Sep, 2022
Where to get carbon sequestration per habitat type?
I am looking for a table where, for each habitat type (EUNIS, Corine land classes) there is an averaged amount of carbon retention per unit area. The region to analyze is Portugal, therefore an European-wide list would fit.
Anyone knows if these data are available?
Thanks in advance.
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Found an article that might answer your question at https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/carbon-stocks-and-sequestration-rates/carbon-stocks-and-sequestration-in
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Diogo Alagador Generally these kind of data are published as 'State of forest report' biennially in India by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (https://fsi.nic.in/fsi-node) . The same type of information may be available for your study area. Portugal government websites may help you in this regard.
Interesting article at https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00333-1.pdf
In general wetlands first, then meadows, then forests when looking at soils. However, if you are counting above ground sequestration, then forest, wetlands, grasslands. However, wetlands and grasslands are more secure, because fires do not change that carbon, where a forest fire wipes out that carbon.
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Maheshwari Koti, Craig Carlton Dremann Thank you guys!
The other option is since Portugal is small with only two main vegetation type, Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests and the second one is the Mediterranean Forests--it is much more important to know the difference in carbon sequestration in relation to land use. And for soil carbon sequestration, if you have a native perennial grass understory vs an annual weed grass. The annual weed grass DOES NOT sequester soil carbon. And then farm land and cleared forest meadows and fresh water and salt water wetlands are a four extra wild cards in your study.
Found an article that might answer your question at https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/carbon-stocks-and-sequestration-rates/carbon-stocks-and-sequestration-in
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