Research Article

Participatory Forest Carbon Assessment and REDD+: Learning from Tanzania

Table 8

Stand parameters for three studied VLFR.

Forest name Vegetation type (M2/ha) (M3/ha)Biomass (t/ha)Carbon (t/ha)

MihumoDry miombo
(14)

(7.99)

(14.79)

(14.79)

(14.79)
Wet miombo
(34)

(25.77)

(46.02)

(46.02)

(46.02)
Closed forest
(8)

(16.5)

(19.98)

(19.98)

(19.98)

NgongoweleDry miombo
(19)

(8.58)

(12.93)

(12.93)

(12.93)
Closed forest
(42)

(32.39)

(53.13)

(53.13)

(53.13)
Encroached river basin
(83)

(29.59)

(32.25)

(32.25)

(32.25)

NgunjaLowland dry miombo
(15)

(9.42)

(13.59)

(13.59)

(13.59)
Upland dry miombo
(19)

(9.67)

(16.13)

(16.13)

(16.13)

The figures in brackets indicate precision level of estimates, that is, confidence intervals as percentage of mean value.