Table 4 The estimation results of forest biomass and carbon storage in different periods in China.

From: Estimating changes of forest carbon storage in China for 70 years (1949–2018)

Period

FA (106 ha)

FV (109 m3)

FB (Pg)

FC (Pg)

FD (Mg/ha)

PA (106 ha)

PV (108 m3)

PB (Pg)

PC (Pg)

PD (Mg/ha)

1949

141.06

12.90

11.93

5.89

41.73

/

/

/

/

/

1950–1962

133.37

11.79

10.91

5.38

40.35

/

/

/

/

/

1973–1976

127.63

10.83

9.98

4.91

38.43

/

/

/

/

/

1977–1981

123.76

10.58

10.00

4.90

39.62

13.67

2.86

0.31

0.15

11.25

1984–1988

133.27

10.72

10.22

5.01

37.57

22.99

5.84

0.59

0.29

12.78

1989–1993

137.67

11.10

10.77

5.28

38.35

25.94

7.76

0.77

0.38

14.79

1994–1998

147.85

11.69

11.35

5.57

37.64

32.74

10.67

1.02

0.51

15.46

1999–2003

156.67

12.70

12.39

6.08

38.81

36.07

15.66

1.49

0.74

20.50

2004–2008

169.02

14.00

13.73

6.73

39.83

44.48

20.31

1.94

0.96

21.64

2009–2013

178.14

15.46

15.34

7.52

42.23

51.92

25.70

2.52

1.25

24.11

2014–2018

191.97

17.70

17.74

8.69

45.29

60.64

34.05

3.42

1.69

27.82

  1. FA, FV, FB, FC, and FD are forest area, forest volume, forest biomass, forest carbon, and forest carbon density, respectively; and PA, PV, PB, PC, and PD are planted forest area, planted forest volume, planted forest biomass, planted forest carbon, and planted forest carbon density, respectively. Forest is the land with a tree canopy closure of more than 10%, including bamboos and rubber-woods, excluding specially defined shrubs.