Land cover Land Indicative AGB Carbon stock HCS Approach Categories classes cover/Biomass (tC/ha) Evergreen Forest Evergreen 1 HCS HDF > mean of the forest class HCS HDF 2 HCS LDF 75 to Mean of forest class HCS LDF 3 HCS YRF 35 - 75 HCS YRF 4 Non HCS < 35 Non HCS Dry Forest Dry 1 HCS HDF > mean of the forest class HCS HDF 2 HCS LDF 75 to Mean of forest class HCS LDF 3 HCS YRF 35 75 HCS YRF – 4 Non HCS < 35 Non HCS Swamp Forest Swamp Forest 1 HCS HDF > mean of the forest class HCS HDF 2 HCS LDF 75 to Mean of forest class HCS LDF 3 HCS YRF 35 75 HCS YRF – 4 Non HCS < 35 Non HCS Coniferous Coniferous 1 HCS HDF Forest > mean of the forest class HCS HDF 2 HCS LDF 75 to Mean of forest class HCS LDF 3 HCS YRF 35 75 HCS YRF – 4 Non HCS < 35 Non HCS S
Land cover classes Land cover/Biomass Indicative AGB Carbon stock (tC/ha) HCS Approach Categories Evergreen Forest Evergreen 1 HCS HDF 2 HCS LDF 3 HCS YRF 4 Non HCS > mean of the forest class 75 to Mean of forest class 35 - 75 < 35 HCS HCS HCS Non HCS HDF LDF YRF Dry Forest Dry 1 HCS HDF 2 HCS LDF 3 HCS YRF 4 Non HCS > mean of the forest class 75 to Mean of forest class 35 – 75 < 35 HCS HCS HCS Non HCS HDF LDF YRF Swamp Forest Swamp Forest 1 HCS HDF 2 HCS LDF 3 HCS YRF 4 Non HCS > mean of the forest class 75 to Mean of forest class 35 – 75 < 35 HCS HCS HCS Non HCS HDF LDF YRF Coniferous Forest Coniferous 1 HCS HDF 2 HCS LDF 3 HCS YRF 4 Non HCS > mean of the forest class 75 to Mean of forest class 35 – 75 < 35 HCS HCS HCS Non HCS HDF LDF YRF S
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