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Bathymetry from the ETOPO1 Global Relief Model downloaded from: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/global/global.html Sumatran orangutan distribution shapefile prepared by Singleton and Wich and based on Wich et al. 2008 with unpublished data added. Data provided by the World Agroforestry Centre

 

 

Uploaded on Wednesday 01 Feb 2012 by GRID-Arendal

Above-ground carbon stocks

Year: 2011 Author: Riccardo Pravettoni, UNEP/GRID-Arendal
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Some of the richest above-ground carbon stocks are found in forests occupied by Sumatran orangutans. The total carbon stored in the above-ground woody biomass of a tropical forest varies between 170 and 250 tonnes of carbon per hectare.
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