Indonesia's f orests w ere in ven toried from 1989 t o 1996 (phase 1) and from 1995 t o 2000 (phase 2) by the Forest Planning Ag ency ('the Ag ency') a t the Minis try of F orestry as part of a c ollabor ation be tw een the Gov ernmen t of Indonesia and the Unit ed Na tions F ood and Agricultur e Or ganiz ation. The objectiv e of this Na tional F orest Inven tory (NFI) w as t o assess f orest- stand c onditions, s tock s, gr owth rates and tr ee div ersity acr oss the landsc apes of Indonesia. An impr ov ed v ersion of the NFI bec ame known as the F orest Assessmen t and Monit oring S ystem. This da ta se t had not so f ar been used t o es tima te abov egr ound tr ee biomass and carbon s tock in Indonesia, as quality con trol of the da ta had not been comple ted. W e pr ovide an ov ervie w of the da ta and deriv e c arbon-s tock densities f or dif feren t forest types and loc ations tha t c an be used f or estima ting his toric al, abov egr ound CO emissions fr om de forestation 2 and f orest degr ada tion
Publication year
2011
Authors
Harja D; Heryawan F; van Noordwijk, M.; Dewi, S.
Language
English
Keywords
biomass, carbon, data collection, forest management, inventories, land cover, land use
Geographic
Indonesia
