CARBON POOLS AND MULTIPLE BENEFITS OF MANGROVES
ASSESSMENT FOR REDD+ IN CENTRAL AFRICA
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Heavily exploited regimes Congo
Soil 50-100 cm depth 200.5 Mg/ha
Aboveground live biomass 37.1 Mg/ha
Deadwood 18.11 Mg/ha
Litter 0.03 Mg/ha
Belowground tree-roots 40.20 Mg/ha
Soil 0-15 cm depth 63.1 Mg/ha
Soil 15-30 cm depth 98.4 Mg/ha
Soil 30-50 cm depth 23.2 Mg/ha
Moderately exploited regimes Congo
Soil 50-100 cm depth 50.6 Mg/ha
Aboveground live biomass 31.68 Mg/ha
Deadwood 11.63 Mg/ha
Litter 0.03 Mg/ha
Belowground tree-roots 2.16 Mg/ha
Soil 0-15 cm depth 21.2 Mg/ha
Soil 15-30 cm depth 31.3 Mg/ha
Soil 30-50 cm depth 31.8 Mg/ha
Undisturbed regimes Congo
Soil 50-100 cm depth 405.8 Mg/ha
Aboveground live biomass 454.76 Mg/ha
Deadwood 30.94 Mg/ha
Litter 0.03 Mg/ha
Belowground tree-roots 11.13 Mg/ha
Soil 0-15 cm depth 126.7 Mg/ha
Soil 15-30 cm depth 114.9 Mg/ha
Soil 30-50 cm depth 243.6 Mg/ha