Soil organic carbon and emission factors for different land cover classes in Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorMauya, E.W.
dc.contributor.authorMassawe, B.H
dc.contributor.authorMadundo, S
dc.contributor.authorShirima, D
dc.contributor.authorZahabu, E.
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-22T07:14:00Z
dc.date.available2023-03-22T07:14:00Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionJournal articleen_US
dc.description.abstractQuantification of carbon stock and development of country-specific emission factors in relation to the Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector has the potential to improve national greenhouse gas inventory systems. This study was therefore, conducted to quantify soil organic carbon (SOC) and develop emission factors using the national forest inventory data of Tanzania. The results, showed that, the mean SOC for the different land cover subclasses ranged from 31.23 Mg C /ha to 99.8 Mg C /ha. The lowest value being recorded in the bushland thicket and highest value in the forest humid mountains. Spatial interpolation map indicated that, large areas in the central part had low values of SOC, ranging from 0-53Mg C/ha. The SOC for the primary land cover classes were 37.32 Mg C/ha, 43.44 Mg C/ha, 39.68 Mg C/ha for forest, non-non forest and wetlands respectively. Their correspondingly annual emission factors were, 3.56 Mg CO2/ha/yr, 4.14 Mg CO2/ha/yr, and 3.78 Mg CO2/ha/yr, respectively. The values presented in this paper correspond to IPCC tier 2 and can be used for estimation of carbon emission at the national scale for the respective major primary land cover classes.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipTanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservationen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/5071
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol 91, No. 2(2022) pp94-105;
dc.subjectCarbon stocken_US
dc.subjectAFOLUen_US
dc.subjectFRELen_US
dc.subjectUncertaintyen_US
dc.subjectSoilen_US
dc.subjectEmission factoren_US
dc.titleSoil organic carbon and emission factors for different land cover classes in Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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