Table 5 Stocks, carbon
Country | Growing stock | Carbon | Carbon/ha | Institutional framework | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Million m3 | Million t | Tonnes | Forest law | Law enforcement capacity | Forestry guidelines | Inventory | Monitoring capacity | |
Cameroon | 6,141 | 2,969 | 135 | 1994 | Low | 1998 | 2004 | Low |
Central African Republic | 3,776 | 2,861 | 127 | 2008 | Low | None | 1991–93 | Insufficient |
Congo, Democratic Republic of | 35,473 | 19,639 | 127 | 2002 | Low | In FMUs | Low | |
Congo, Republic of | 4,539 | 3,438 | 153 | 2000 | Low | 2005 | In FMUs | Low |
Côte d’Ivoire | 2,632 | 1,842 | 177 | 65,in prep. | Low | 2010 | None, ghg | High |
Gabon | 4,895 | 2,710 | 123 | 2001 | Medium | In FMUs | Improved | |
Ghana | 291 | 381 | 77 | 1998 | Partly strong | 1998 | 1985–92 | Medium |
Liberia | 684 | 585 | 135 | 2006 | Low | 2006 | None | Low |
Nigeria | 1,161 | 1,085 | 120 | 1937 in prep | Low | 1996 | None | Low |
Togo | – | – | – | 2008 | Low | None | None | Low |
Subtotal Africa | 59,592 | |||||||
Angola | 2,266 | 4,385 | 75 | 1955 | ||||
Benin | 161 | 263 | 58 | 1993 | Low | |||
Burundi | 20 | 17 | 96 | 1985 | Low | 1992 | ||
Equatorial Guinea | 268 | 203 | 125 | 1997 | Low | Yes | Partly, FMUs | |
Gambia | 18 | 32 | 66 | 1998 | 2008−10 | |||
Guinea | 506 | 96 | 47 | 1989 | ||||
Guinea Bissau | 61 | 96 | 47 | 1991 | ||||
Kenya | 629 | 525 | 137 | 2005 | Low | In work | Low | |
Madagascar | 2,146 | 1,626 | 130 | 1997 | Low | 2000 | Medium | |
Mozambique | 1,420 | 1,692 | 43 | 1999/12 | Low | 2005 | Low | |
Rwanda | 79 | 39 | 91 | 1988 | Low | |||
Sierra Leone | 109 | 216 | 79 | 1988 | Low | No | Inadequate | |
Tanzania, United Republic of | 1,237 | 2,019 | 60 | 2002 | Low | Yes | In progress | |
Uganda | 131 | 109 | 36 | 2003 | Low | Yes | In FMUs | |
Zambia | 2,755 | 2,416 | 49 | 1973 | Low | |||
Zimbabwe | 596 | 492 | 49 | 1996 | ||||
Total Africa | 71,994 | 49,736 | 99 | |||||
Cambodia | 956 | 464 | 46 | 2002 | Weak | 1999 | In FMUs | Low |
Fiji | – | – | – | 1992 | 1990 in work | 2006–08 | None | |
India | 5,489 | 2,800 | 41 | 1927 | Inadequate | Several | Yes | High |
Indonesia | 11,343 | 13,017 | 138 | 1999 | Low | 2009, 10 | Yes | Medium |
Malaysia | 4,239 | 3,212 | 157 | 1984 | Several | 2007 | High | |
Myanmar | 1,430 | 1,654 | 52 | 1992 | Low | 2000 | None | Low |
Papua New Guinea | 2,726 | 2,306 | 80 | 1991 | Low | 1993 | None | Low |
Philippines | 1,278 | 663 | 87 | 1975 | Low | Several | 2003–05 | Medium |
Thailand | 783 | 880 | 46 | 2007 | Low | None | Low | |
Vanuatu | – | – | – | 2001 | Low | None | 1989–92 | Low |
Subtotal A/P | Min 28,244 | |||||||
Brunei Darussalam | 72 | 72 | 188 | 1984 | Yes | |||
Lao People’s Democratic Republic | – | 1,074 | 68 | 2007 | Improving | Yes | Low | |
Nepal | – | 485 | 133 | 1993 | Weak | 1995 | 1999 | |
Solomon Islands | 208 | 182 | 82 | 2004 | Low | 1996 | In FMUs | |
Sri Lanka | – | 61 | 33 | 1995 | Low | |||
Timor-Leste | – | – | – | 2000 | Low | 2008–10 | ||
Vietnam, Socialist Republic of | 870 | 992 | 72 | 1992 | Low | 2000–05 | ||
Total A/P | Min 29,394 | 24,116 | 75 | |||||
Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4,242 | 4,442 | 78 | In work | Weak | 1997, 2006 | in FMUs | low |
Brazil | 126,221 | 62,607 | 121 | 1965 | Strengthened | 2006 | 1980, fmus | High |
Colombia | 8,982 | 6,805 | 112 | 1974 | None | In prep. | Medium | |
Ecuador | – | – | – | In work | Partially | 2004 | In fmus | Medium |
Guatemala | 596 | 281 | 77 | 1996 | Improving | Yes | 2002–03 | Low |
Guyana | 2,206 | 1,629 | 107 | 2009 | High | Yes | In fmus | High |
Honduras | 629 | 330 | 64 | 2008 | Low | 1996 | 2006 | Low |
Mexico | 2,870 | 2,043 | 32 | 2003 | Improving | 2004–07 | High | |
Panama | 664 | 367 | 113 | 1994 | Low | 2003 | In fmus | Medium |
Peru | 8,159 | 8,560 | 126 | 2001 | Improving | Yes | In fmus | Medium |
Suriname | 3,389 | 3,165 | 214 | 1992 | Medium | Yes | In fmus | Medium |
Trinidad and Tobago | 24 | 19 | 85 | In work | None | 1969 | None | |
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | – | – | – | 2008 | Partially | Yes | In work | Medium |
Subtotal LAC | Min 157,982 | |||||||
Belize | 226 | 171 | 123 | 2000 | Yes | Low | ||
Costa Rica | 272 | 238 | 91 | 1996 | Low | Yes | Pilot study | |
Cuba | 258 | 226 | 79 | 1998 | ||||
Dominican Republic | 122 | 114 | 58 | 1999 | ||||
El Salvador | – | – | – | 2002 | Low | Low | ||
French Guiana | 2,829 | 1,651 | 204 | 2001 | In fmus | |||
Haiti | 7 | 5 | 54 | 1926 | ||||
Jamaica | 52 | 48 | 141 | 1996 | Low | Yes | 2003 | |
Nicaragua | 461 | 349 | 112 | 2003 | Improving | 2007–08 | Low | |
Paraguay | – | – | – | 1973/04 | Improving | In fmus | Low | |
Total LAC | Min 162,209 | Min 93,050 | 103 | |||||
Total | Min 263,597 | 527 billion m3 worldwide = 50 % | ||||||
Total | 170,648 | 289 Gt | Estimate for f r a total biomass carbon | |||||