Table 9 Mangrove extent, average carbon stock per hectare, and accumulated carbon storage across different climatic zones.
From: Mapping accumulated carbon storage of global mangroves from 2000 to 2020 at a 1 km resolution
Climate zone | 2000 | 2020 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Area (ha) | Mean (Mg/ha) | Sum (Mt) | Area (ha) | Mean (Mg/ha) | Sum (Mt) | |
Tropical wet | 1.0 × 108 | 679 | 6791 | 9.9 × 107 | 706 | 6989 |
Tropical dry | 1.7 × 107 | 365 | 626 | 1.5 × 107 | 467 | 700 |
Subtropical | 2.0 × 107 | 318 | 634 | 1.7 × 107 | 960 | 1641 |