Data sources The fNRB is estimated at national level based on internationally recognized data sources such as FAO, IPCC as in the table below. Table 8. values for Honduras Description of the parameters and relevant data sources Parameter Unit Description Source Considerations NRB t/yr Non-renewable Equation 2 Proportion of Total Annual Biomass Removals (R) that is not biomass demonstrably renewable. DRB t/yr Demonstrably Equation 5 Calculated as equivalent to the total annual biomass growth in renewable biomass protected areas. R t/yr Total annual biomass Equation 3 Used as a national-level proxy for By. Accounts for all removals (not removals only woodfuels), which is equivalent to the sum of MAI and the Annual change in living forest biomass. MAI t/yr Mean Annual Equation 4 Country-specific MAI calculated from extent of forest and its growth Increment in biomass rate. growth GR t/ha-yr Growth rate of , weighted average Country-specific growth rate calculated as a weighted average based biomass Table 14. Distribution of total forest area by on Forest Area by ecological Zone (%) and IPCC above-ground ecological zone, Global Forest Resources Assessment biomass growth rates for different ecological zones. 2000 The latest FAO FRA 2015 Country report for Hondura only classifies the forest as Broadleaf, Coniferous, Mix and Mangroves type of forests. IPCC above-ground biomass growth rates for Thus the FAO report is not the best source to determine the distribution different ecological zones (2006 IPCC Guidelines for of total forest area by ecological zone for the following reasons: National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Chapter 4, Table 4.92). 1) the lack of classification of forest areas (type of forest), 2) the lack of information about geographic distribution of forest areas and 3) lack of information about altitude, average mean precipitation and average temperature of forest areas. The for Global Forest Resources Assessment 2000 report provides a more realistic distribution of ecological zones, therefore, the from this report about the share of forest areas by ecological zone the values is used for to determine the value. No other resources available were found with information regarding the distribution of the forest areas by ecological zone for Honduras.
Data sources The fNRB is estimated at national level based on internationally recognized data sources such as FAO, IPCC as in the table below. Table 8. values for Honduras Description of the parameters and relevant data sources Parameter Unit Description Source Considerations NRB t/yr Non-renewable biomass Equation 2 Proportion of Total Annual Biomass Removals (R) that is not demonstrably renewable. DRB t/yr Demonstrably renewable biomass Equation 5 Calculated as equivalent to the total annual biomass growth in protected areas. R t/yr Total annual biomass removals Equation 3 Used as a national-level proxy for By. Accounts for all removals (not only woodfuels), which is equivalent to the sum of MAI and the Annual change in living forest biomass. MAI t/yr Mean Annual Increment in biomass growth Equation 4 Country-specific MAI calculated from extent of forest and its growth rate. GR t/ha-yr Growth rate of biomass , weighted average Table 14. Distribution of total forest area by ecological zone, Global Forest Resources Assessment 2000 IPCC above-ground biomass growth rates for different ecological zones (2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Chapter 4, Table 4.92). Country-specific growth rate calculated as a weighted average based on Forest Area by ecological Zone (%) and IPCC above-ground biomass growth rates for different ecological zones. The latest FAO FRA 2015 Country report for Hondura only classifies the forest as Broadleaf, Coniferous, Mix and Mangroves type of forests. Thus the FAO report is not the best source to determine the distribution of total forest area by ecological zone for the following reasons: 1) the lack of classification of forest areas (type of forest), 2) the lack of information about geographic distribution of forest areas and 3) lack of information about altitude, average mean precipitation and average temperature of forest areas. The for Global Forest Resources Assessment 2000 report provides a more realistic distribution of ecological zones, therefore, the from this report about the share of forest areas by ecological zone the values is used for to determine the value. No other resources available were found with information regarding the distribution of the forest areas by ecological zone for Honduras.