Field Training on Carbon Stock Assessment of Forested Wetlands

Forested wetlands, including mangroves, peat swamps, cypress domes, and related ecosystems, are believed to hold some of the highest carbon densities among terrestrial (soil and vegetation) systems. It it is estimated that these ecosystems store more than five times the amount of carbon compared to tropical upland forested ecosystems (not including peatlands). From April 29 to May 8, 2013, the USAID Low Emissions Asian Development (LEAD) program and Sustainable Wetlands Adaptation and Mitigation Program (SWAMP), in collaboration with the Lowering Emissions in Asia's Forests (LEAF) program, conducted intensive field training in Trang Province, Thailand for 31 participants from eight Asian countries on application of a new protocol developed for measuring and monitoring carbon stocks in, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from, mangroves and other forested wetlands. Read more…