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Tundra
Boreal forest
Temperate forest
Temperate grasslands, savannas and shrublands
Desert and dry shrublands
Tropical and subtropical forests
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands
Carbon stored by biome
(Gigatonnes of C)
Source: UNEP - WCMC, 2009.
Tropical and
Subtropical
Grasslands,
Savannas,
Shrublands
Tropical,
Subtropical
Forests
Deserts and
Dry
Shrubland
Temperate
Grasslands,
Savannas
Shrublands
Temperate
Forest
Boreal
Forest
Tundra
547.8
285.3
178.0
183.7
314.9
384.2
155.4
Rock
and Ice
Lakes
1.47
0.98
Dividing the world into seven biomes, we estimate that tropical
and subtropical forests store the largest amount of carbon, al-
most 550 Gt. The boreal forest biome then follows with carbon
Carbon stored by biome
(Gigatonnes of C)
Source: UNEP - W MC, 2009.
Tropic l and
Subtropical
Grasslands,
S vannas,
Shrublands
Tropical,
Subtropical
Forests
Deserts and
Dry
Shrubland
Temperate
Grasslands,
S vannas
Shrublands
Temperate
Forest
Boreal
Forest
Tundra
547.8
285.3
178.0
183.7
314.9
384.2
155.4
Rock
and Ice
Lakes
1.47
0.98