Forest carbon storage

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According to the IPCC in 2013, forests store more than 80% of aboveground and up to 70% of belowground terrestrial carbon.[1]

Tracts of forest store as much as 200 tons of carbon per hectare (roughly 81 tons per acre).[2]

  1. ↑ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5457303/
  2. ↑ http://www.sustainabilitylabs.org/ecosystem-restoration/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/forests-and-co2.pdf
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