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Carbon storage in EU terrestrial and marine ecosystems

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Prod-ID: DAT-274-en

Created 22 Apr 2022 Published 27 Apr 2022 Last modified 27 Apr 2022

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Topics: Biodiversity — Ecosystems Climate change mitigation Land use

These excel data files contains the result of a quickscan of literature regarding information on carbon stocks and carbon sequestration rates in terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Based on this information, supplemented with expert knowledge, a list has been drawn up in which the EUNIS habitat types are classified based on their total carbon stock and carbon sequestration rate. This list is available as separate excel worksheet for marine and terrestrial ecosystems and also included as annex in the report that documents the project.

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Summary Final Basic data Terrestrial and Marine Carbon stocks and sequestration rates (Microsoft Excel (Office 2010))
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Detailed data

Final summary marine carbon storage (Microsoft Excel (Office 2010))
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Final Basic data Terrestrial Carbon stocks and Carbon sequestration rates (Microsoft Excel (Office 2010))
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Final Carbon classification list EUNIS terrestrial (Microsoft Excel (Office 2010))
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Report

Final report on carbon stocks and sequstration (Microsoft Word (Office 2010))
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EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: Wageningen University (WUR).

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No limitations to public access. EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.wur.nl/en/Disclaimer.htm). Copyright holder: Wageningen University and Research.

Methodology:

Scientific literature shows a wide range of information on carbon stocks and carbon sequestration rates, both qualitative and quantitative. It, however, also shows a very wide range of methods applied. For example, studies have focus on different ecosystem components and carbon storage ecosystems, different demarcation of ecosystem components, carbon storage or ecosystem productivity (GPP, NPP, NEP), different time scales, or report measured or modelled data. These methodological differences influence the range of the carbon storage and sequestration rates reported and complicate mutual comparison. In our study we mainly used expert assessment for the comparison. A more elaborated scientific basis was beyond the scope of this study, but is recommended for further studies.

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Wageningen University and Research

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Wageningen University (WUR)

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European Environment Agency (EEA)

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