Forest Carbon Database

Summary

CIFOR's Sustainable Wetlands Adaptation and Mitigation Programme (SWAMP) provides a forest carbon database system (ForestCDB) as part of the effort to support initiatives such as greenhouse gas inventories, the development of forest reference emission level, monitoring, reporting and verification. ForestCDB invites its visitors, especially those who maintain forest inventory data, manage permanent sample plots or conduct research on carbon stocks, to participate in this initiative.

ForestCDB accommodates carbon stocks in five carbon pools: above- and belowground biomass, woody debris and litter, understorey and soil. As a Meta Database, it also provides general information related to the site, such as geographic location, land cover or forest type, and climate and soil.