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. 2016 May 13;2(5):e1501639. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1501639

Table 1. Area and AGC stocks in 2008, and mean values of projected AGC sequestration over 40 years for six land cover types: YSF (≤20 years), MSF (20 to 60 years), old SF (60 to 100 years), OGF (>100 years, arbitrarily set), pasture, and crops.

Carbon gains for old SF and OGF are not shown, because they cannot be estimated accurately. Values of net carbon assume zero deforestation of SFs.

Land use 2008 Net C gain (2008–2048)
Area (km2) AGC (Pg) AGC (Pg)
YSF 1,512,668 6.9796 6.8402
MSF 925,936 8.6028 1.6366
Old SF 461,518 5.4407
OGF 4,043,058 55.3859
Pasture 1,186,260 6.1718 4.9925
Crops 558,306 2.5356 2.6330
Total 8,687,747 85.1163 16.1023