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Carbon Sequestration Ranges in Biomass in the Amazon
This polygon layer represents the classes of carbon sequestration ranges in biomass, both aboveground and belowground, expressed in tons per hectare, for the AmazoniaForever360+ (AFP) project area. Measuring and monitoring carbon sequestered in biomass is essential to understanding fundamental processes in mitigating climate change. Furthermore, this information supports sustainable planning, enabling project planners and designers to assess the carbon storage potential of different areas to preserve their capacities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
This layer is an adaptation by AmazoniaForever360+, using estimates from the GlobBiomass project for aboveground biomass carbon, belowground biomass carbon, and soil organic carbon up to 1 meter deep (tons/ha). The original global data were specifically extracted for the northern South American region, reprojected, and resampled. Raster models were reclassified into carbon sequestration classes based on tons-per-hectare ranges and then transformed into polygons, assigning each a carbon sequestration range. The resulting data include the field (SPRange), which classifies areas by carbon sequestration ranges expressed in tons per hectare, and (SPClass1), which provides a qualitative description of each range, highlighting associated ecological characteristics and ecosystem types.
GlobBiomass, an initiative of the European Space Agency (ESA), generates detailed global biomass maps. This project relies on ESA Copernicus Earth observation products, including imagery and data from satellites such as Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2, specifically designed to monitor terrestrial ecosystems and assess land use changes.
The GlobBiomass products used to generate this layer were:
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Methodology and process details can be found in: