Application of Remote Sensing and Developed Allometric Models for Estimating Wood Carbon Stocks in a North-Western Miombo Woodland Landscape of Tanzania

Table 2

Cover area and the rate of change between 1988 and 2010.

Cover class	Land cover in 1988		Land cover in 2010		Changes over 22 years
	Area (ha)	Percentage of cover	Area (ha)	Percentage of cover	Area change (ha)	Percentage of cover change	Annual rate of change (ha/yr)	% Annual rate of change (%/yr)
Woodland	5453.37	32.66	1226.12	7.34	−4227.25	−25.32	−192.15	−1.15
Grassland	4065.50	24.35	3865.39	23.15	−200.11	−1.20	−9.10	−0.05
Cultivated land	27.53	0.16	2027.20	12.14	1999.67	11.98	90.89	0.54
Bushland	4570.43	27.37	5385.90	32.25	815.47	4.88	37.07	0.22
Bareland/settlements	2581.10	15.46	4193.32	25.11	1612.22	9.66	73.28	0.44
Total area	16697.92	100.00	16697.92	100.00