| Value |
3.9
billion ha
Range: Table - link billion ha
|
| Organism |
Biosphere |
| Reference |
Pan Y et al., A large and persistent carbon sink in the world's forests. Science. 2011 Aug 19 333(6045):988-93. doi: 10.1126/science.1201609 p.989 left column top paragraph & Supporting Online Material p.25 table S2PubMed ID21764754
|
| Primary Source |
Food and Agriculture Organization, Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010 (Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, 2010), forestry paper 163. |
| Comments |
"The area of global forests used as a basis for estimating C stocks and
fluxes is 3.9 billion ha, representing 95% of the world’s forests (primary source) (table S2)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
110916 |