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Guinea Bissau
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Quantification of carbon stocks and sinks in the forests of Guinea-Bissau
Objectives
• Quantification of historical land cover changes and deforestation rates – a baseline
• Quantification of the carbon stock contained in the above ground forest biomass (AGB) and assessment of carbon sinks
• Set up a forest monitoring system
• Characterization of farming systems and fire practices
• Capacity building
Deliverables
• Geographical Data Base (metainfo e downloadable)
• National Forest Inventory
• Carbon Stocks inventory in the AGB
• Deforestation rates – a baseline
• Wood density values of the main tree species
• Fire regime attributes
• Field guide for tree species ID
• Socio-economic characterization
