The Land Use and Cover Change in Miombo Woodlands under Community Based Forest Management and Its Implication to Climate Change Mitigation: A Case of Southern Highlands of Tanzania

Table 10

Extent of woodland extraction before and after CBFM based on stumps ().

Periods	Density (N/ha)	Basal area (m^2/ha)	Volume (m^3/ha)	Biomass (t/ha)	Carbon stock (t/ha)
New stumps	137 ± 12	1.78 ± 2.31	9.63 ± 2.35	7.89 ± 0.3	3.95 ± 0.41
Old stumps	331 ± 29	4.69 ± 2.72	15.41 ± 3.09	13.77 ± 0.8	6.88 ± 0.62
Overall	468 ± 23	6.47 ± 5.08	25.04 ± 5.44	21.66 ± 1.04	10.83 ± 1.03

NB: new and old stumps differentiated by local guide based on appearance and experience.