Table 5.
Carbon stored and sequestered across the individual mountain blocks of the EAM range (the total is denoted in bold)
Eastern Arc Mountain Block [40] | Area, km2 | Aboveground live carbon storage, Tg | Mean carbon sequestration, Mg ha-1 yr-1 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tier 3 | Willcock et al (2012) - Original Tier 2 [42] | |||
North Pare | 510 | 1.93 | 2.38 | 2.60 |
South Pare | 2,327 | 8.96 | 9.59 | 2.41 |
West Usambara | 2,945 | 13.52 | 15.96 | 3.64 |
East Usambara | 1,145 | 5.91 | 7.63 | 2.79 |
Nguu | 1,562 | 9.34 | 12.71 | 1.89 |
Nguru | 2,565 | 15.11 | 18.86 | 1.79 |
Ukaguru | 3,243 | 13.39 | 20.63 | 1.42 |
Uluguru | 3,057 | 15.92 | 13.91 | 1.35 |
Rubeho | 7,984 | 36.84 | 40.96 | 1.06 |
Malundwe | 33 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 1.80 |
Udzungwa | 22,788 | 101.73 | 104.05 | 1.01 |
Mahenge | 2,606 | 23.58 | 12.08 | 0.19 |
Total | 50,765 | 246.53 | 259.06 | 1.19 |