The Role of Forest Ecosystems for Carbon Sequestration and Poverty Alleviation in Ethiopia

Table 1

Comparison of carbon stocks in tons ha⁻¹ in different forest areas.

Study place	AGC	BGC	LC	SOC	Sources
Egdu forest	278.08	55.62	3.47	277.56	[48]
Menagesha Suba	133	26.99	5.26	121.28	[49]
Selected church forest	122.85	25.97	4.95	135.94	Tura 2011
Deneba community forest	277.78	41.65	1.06	186.40	[66]
Arbaminch	414.70	83.48	1.28	83.80	[52]
Tara Gedam	306.37	61.52	0.90	274.32	[57]
Ziqualla Monastry	237.20	47.60	6.49	57.62	[67]
Guangua Ellala	291.78				[68]
Banja forest	338.72	67.74	2.58	230.82	[59]
Semen mountain	270.89	54.18	0.019	242.5	[58]
Chilimo-Gaji forest	422.2	84.4			[46]
Sekela Mariam forest	362.72	72.55	2.01	179.7	[45]
Humbo forest	107.93	50.72	17.85	185.1	[51]
Bahirtsige closed park	25.4	5.1	5.17	113.6	[69]

Not addressed by the study. AGC: aboveground carbon, BGC: belowground carbon, LC: litter fall carbon, and SOC: soil organic carbon. Source: generated by analyzing secondary data.