5.1 TROPICAL AFRICAN COUNTRIES
5.2 TROPICAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES
5.3 TROPICAL ASIAN COUNTRIES
The following tables for the three main tropical regions include examples of biomass estimates for different forest types estimated from forest inventories and the methods described above. All biomass estimates are based on trees to a minimum dbh of 10 cm and represent average values over the inventory area, which in some countries is the total forest area (indicated by the word "National" in parenthesis in the following tables).
|
Country |
Forest type |
General climate |
Aboveground biomass (t/ha) |
|
Benin |
Closed forest |
Dry |
175 |
|
Tree savanna |
Dry |
96 |
|
|
Burkina Faso (National) |
Degraded tree savanna |
Dry - long dry season |
20 |
|
Cameroon |
Primary |
Moist |
310 |
|
Gambia (National) |
Gallery forest |
Moist - dry season |
140 |
|
Closed woodland |
Dry |
97 |
|
|
Open woodland |
Dry |
50 |
|
|
Tree savanna |
Dry |
28 |
|
|
Ghana |
Closed forest |
Moist-short dry season |
395 |
|
Guinea (National) |
Mixed: closed, open, secondary |
Moist |
135 |
|
Mozambique |
Dense forest |
Moist - short dry season |
120 |
|
Dense forest |
Moist - dry season |
130 |
|
|
Dense forest |
Dry - long dry season |
70 |
Inventory sources in order by country are: Marsch 1976, FAO 1983, Centre Technique Forestier Tropical 1969, Forster 1983, Alder 1982, ATLANTA Consult, n.d., FAO 1981.
|
Country |
Forest type |
General climate |
Aboveground biomass (t/ha); |
|
Bolivia |
Closed forest |
Moist |
230 |
|
Brazil |
Closed forest |
Moist |
315 |
|
Ecuador |
Closed forest |
Moist |
182 |
|
French Guyana |
Closed forest |
Moist |
309 |
|
Riparian forest |
Moist |
275 |
|
|
Savanna forest |
Moist |
205 |
|
|
Guatemala (Peten area) |
Closed forest |
Moist |
242 |
|
Guyana (1) |
Closed forest |
Moist |
254 |
|
Logged forest |
Moist |
190 |
|
|
Wallaba forest |
Dry |
145 |
|
|
Guyana (2) |
Mixed forest |
Moist |
275 |
|
Low mixed forest |
Moist |
192 |
|
|
Liana forest |
Moist |
125 |
|
|
Wallaba forest |
Moist |
148 |
|
|
Wallaba forest on white sands |
Moist |
405 |
|
|
Nicaragua (1) |
Orifino forest |
Moist |
240 |
|
Lowland mixed |
Moist |
235 |
|
|
Nicaragua (2) |
Mature forest |
Moist |
240 |
|
Secondary |
Moist |
183 |
|
|
Panama |
High density-mixed |
Moist |
239-366 |
|
Low density-mixed |
Moist |
169-245 |
|
|
Campnosperma forest high density |
Moist |
860 |
|
|
Campnosperma forest low density |
Moist |
470 |
|
|
High density-mixed |
Wet |
194-214 |
|
|
Low density-mixed |
Wet |
120-125 |
|
|
High density-mixed |
Pre- & Lower montane rain |
186-252 |
|
|
Low density-mixed |
Pre- & Lower montane rain |
118-143 |
|
|
Peru |
Primary |
Moist |
210 |
|
Lightly logged |
Moist |
192 |
|
|
Heavily logged |
Moist |
125 |
|
|
Late secondary |
Moist |
140 |
|
|
Young secondary |
Moist |
20 |
|
|
Flooded secondary |
Moist |
195 |
|
|
Low forest |
Moist |
155 |
|
|
Surinam |
Upland forest |
Moist |
255 |
|
Small crown-upland |
Moist |
136 |
|
|
Savanna forest |
Moist |
195 |
|
|
Riparian forest |
Moist |
217 |
|
|
Liana forest |
Moist |
120 |
|
|
Wallaba forest |
Moist |
250 |
|
|
Venezuela |
Semi-deciduous |
Dry |
78 |
Inventory sources In order by country are: Sachtler 1979, FAO 1978, FAO 1971 a, Centre Technique Forestier Tropical 1975, FAO 1970a, Rees, 1963, FAO 1970b, FAO 1969, FAO/UNDP 1972, FAO 1972, Jankovic 1969, de Milde and Inglis 1974a,b, FAO 1971b
|
Country |
Forest type |
General climate |
Aboveground biomass (t/ha) |
|
Bangladesh (1) |
Closed - large crowns |
Moist |
210 |
|
Closed - small crowns |
Moist |
150 |
|
|
Disturbed closed |
Moist |
190 |
|
|
Disturbed open |
Moist |
85 |
|
|
Bangladesh (2) |
Closed - large crowns |
Moist |
206 |
|
Closed - small crowns |
Moist |
162 |
|
|
Cambodia (1) |
Dense |
Moist |
295 |
|
Semi-dense |
Moist |
370 |
|
|
Secondary |
Moist |
190 |
|
|
Open |
Moist |
160 |
|
|
Open |
Dry |
70 |
|
|
Cambodia (2) |
Well to poorly stocked evergreen |
Moist |
100-155 |
|
Deciduous |
Moist |
120 |
|
|
India |
High to low volume closed |
Dry |
44-81 |
|
Forest fallow |
Dry |
16 |
|
|
Malaysia-Peninsular (National) |
Superior to moderate hill |
Moist |
245-310 |
|
Poor hill |
Moist |
|
|
|
Upper hill |
Moist |
275 |
|
|
Disturbed hill |
Moist |
200 |
|
|
Logged hill |
Moist |
180 |
|
|
Forest fallow |
Moist |
140 |
|
|
Freshwater swamp |
Moist |
220 |
|
|
Disturbed freshwater swamp |
Moist |
285 |
|
|
Logged freshwater swamp |
Moist |
185 |
|
|
Malaysia - Sarawak |
Mixed dipterocarps-dense stocking, flat to undulating |
Moist |
325-385 |
|
terrain |
|
|
|
|
Mixed dipterocarps-dense stocking, mountainous |
Moist |
330-405 |
|
|
Mixed dipterocarps-medium stocking, flat to mountainous |
Moist |
280-330 |
|
|
Myanmar |
Evergreen |
? |
60-200 |
|
Mixed deciduous |
? |
45-135 |
|
|
Indaing forest |
? |
10-65 |
|
|
Philippines |
Old-growth dipterocarp |
Moist |
370-520 |
|
Logged dipterocarp |
Moist |
300-370 |
|
|
Sri Lanka |
Evergreen-high yield |
Moist |
435-530 |
|
Evergreen-medium yield |
Moist |
365-470 |
|
|
Evergreen-low yield |
Moist |
190-400 |
|
|
Evergreen-logged |
Moist |
255 |
|
|
Secondary |
Moist |
280 |
Inventory sources in order by country are: de Milde et al. 1985, Drigo et al. 1988, Rollet 1962, FAO 1971c, Government of India 1972, Government of Malaysia 1987, FAO 1973, FAO 1984-1985, Philippine-German Forest Resources Inventory Project, 1986-1988, FAO/UNDP 1969, Royal Forest Department of Thailand 1980.
