Table 1. Vegetation carbon changes from 2000 to 2019.
Biome. |
Area (2000)
(million ha) |
2000 | 2019 | ||
Carbon stock (PgC C) | Carbon density (Mg C ha−1) | Carbon stock (PgC C) | Carbon density (Mg C ha−1) | ||
Boreal | |||||
Forest | 718 | 27.61 | 46.89 | 28.07 | 46.57 |
Nonforest | 217 | 13.04 | 21.80 | 12.90 | 21.60 |
Total | 935 | 40.65 | 35.27 | 40.97 | 35.13 |
Temperate | |||||
Forest | 871 | 56.45 | 60.97 | 56.85 | 62.03 |
Nonforest | 127 | 6.95 | 22.52 | 7.48 | 22.89 |
Total | 999 | 63.40 | 51.01 | 64.33 | 51.45 |
Tropical moist | |||||
Forest | 1227 | 150.66 | 122.50 | 150.28 | 123.58 |
Nonforest | 35 | 3.44 | 18.21 | 4.06 | 18.28 |
Total | 1261 | 154.11 | 114.68 | 154.34 | 113.69 |
Tropical dry | |||||
Forest | 859 | 27.47 | 51.87 | 29.42 | 53.16 |
Nonforest | 453 | 26.19 | 23.73 | 26.33 | 24.38 |
Total | 1312 | 53.66 | 32.93 | 55.75 | 34.08 |
Other biomes | |||||
Forest | 374 | 9.69 | 21.06 | 10.45 | 21.22 |
nonforest | 803 | 54.05 | 9.70 | 54.78 | 9.79 |
Total | 1177 | 63.74 | 10.74 | 65.23 | 10.88 |
Global | |||||
Forest | 4054 | 271.97 | 41.59 | 275.15 | 41.97 |
Nonforest | 1637 | 104.06 | 15.22 | 105.95 | 15.35 |
Total | 5691 | 376.03 | 30.43 | 381.09 | 30.56 |