Current and Future Carbon Content of Standing Biomass in Gishwati Forest Reserve

dc.contributor.author	Boland, Alex
dc.contributor.author	Chancellor, Rebecca
dc.contributor.author	Rundus, Aaron
dc.date.accessioned	2012-04-18T15:39:13Z
dc.date.available	2012-04-18T15:39:13Z
dc.date.issued	2012-04-18
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2092/1631
dc.description	Mentor: David Courard-Hauri	en_US
dc.description.abstract	We determine the carbon content of standing biomass in the Gishwati forest reserve in northwestern Rwanda, and estimate the growth potential of naturally regenerated forest there. In surveying UNFCC Clean Development Mechanism projects, we suggest that current methods of growth rate projection for mixed, non-plantation forests may significantly overestimate the amount of carbon sequestered, and identify an alternative method for the calculation of sequestration potential. We find that the Gishwati forest is expected to sequester an average of 0.885 tonnes C/ha per annum over the next 30 years.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Drake University, College of Arts & Sciences, Environmental Science & Policy Program	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	DUCURS;2012;25
dc.subject	Forest reserves--Carbon content	en_US
dc.subject	Plant biomass--Carbon centent	en_US
dc.subject	Gishwati Forest Reserve (Rwanda)	en_US
dc.title	Current and Future Carbon Content of Standing Biomass in Gishwati Forest Reserve	en_US
dc.type	Presentation	en_US

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