Online map of global rainforest carbon stocks

Recently, a team led by Eric Davidson, managing director of the Woods Hole Research Center (USA), published a map of global rainforest carbon stocks, based on ArcGIS technology. ESRI (US).

Accordingly, all data on carbon stocks in the rainforests of the world has been submitted by the Center to ArcGIS Online, an online learning and learning support site for ArcGIS.

This data is based on NASA satellite measurements, including LiDAR and MoDIS data and field measurements. The results show that tropical forest biomass is measured at a resolution of 500m - the highest resolution ever known on a global scale.

Specifically, through the map, we can identify the most carbon-intensive areas of rain forests in the Amazon, Borneo, New Guinea and the Congo Basin.

Identifying the area with the largest carbon stock will not only help organizations and individuals understand the importance of conservation in each region in the effort to mitigate climate change but also create Compensation for the allocation of programs and funds for each conservation project.

With many outstanding features and relatively high accuracy, the team expects the new carbon stock map to be used to estimate carbon emissions from deforestation, helping countries. Identify sources of funding that they can obtain through the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Program combined with Conservation, Sustainable Management, and Increased Carbon Storage (REDD +).