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Tree biomass carbon stocks and land-use changes

PuuBiomassa

The project provides an annual growth estimate of the growing stock on afforested lands (land-use change till forest land). The growth is estimated by tree species groups and age-classes, taking into account the time elapsed since the afforestation. In addition, the objective is to decrease the uncertainty of the LULUCF sector's greenhouse gas inventory, in particular the uncertainty of the carbon stock change in tree biomass of afforested lands under the Kyoto Protocol reporting.

The project produces volume and biomass increment estimates for different types of afforestation sites and sites types (mineral soil, peatland) in tree species groups of pine, spruce and deciduous trees. An estimate of growth is presented by age-classes. The results will be computed to Southern and Northern Finland.