| Baseline Inventory above ground Carbon stocks in different forest types |
 Suriname is actively exploring ways of financing mechanisms for sustainable forest management and compensation for preserving its forests and carbon stocks. In these efforts it is required to provide adequate data on deforestation rates as well as estimates on the forest carbon stock capacity.
Carbon calculation models must be fed consistently with accurate data in order to indicate stock changes. There exist standard methods such as the IPCC model which require input values based on regional estimated averages (defaults). Input of data based on actual aboveground and belowground tree biomass measurements and soil analysis may provide more accurate data and therefore increase the precision and credibility of the outcomes. This project will focus on the determination of the forest cover and Carbon stock assessment over time. These are essential data needed by the Government of Suriname, the main responsible to manage the country its forest resources. At present, forest cover monitoring needs upgrading and statistical data need to be improved. The two institutes involved in forest monitoring are the Centre for Agricultural Research in Suriname (CELOS) and the Foundation for Forest Management and Production Control (SBB). Existing infrastructure of CELOS and SBB are a good point of departure to be used for forest monitoring and carbon stock assessment, provided that staff, personnel and resources are available. Since the seventies CELOS is managing permanent plots in Mapane and Kabo (district of Para) which remain intact. There is in part an existing electronic data base of tree measurements of the then applied CELOS Management System (CMS) which can serve as a starting-point for carbon stock capacity estimation and modeling. The obtained information can be linked with forest inventories. The most complete one has been conducted in the seventies under auspices of the FAO covering an area of 320 000 ha, whereas in the nineties the then forest service LBB had conducted a forest inventory at a smaller scale. The present project aims to execute an initial Carbon stock assessment based on the country its main forest types, already available data and additional gathered data from tree measurements. The CO2Fix model will be applied to assess the Carbon sequestration potential of forests. The plots of the CELOS Management System in Kabo and Mapane, and additional plots to be determined will serve as additional tree measurement data. Initial results from this assessment will serve as scientific input towards and after the UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP) at Copenhagen in December 2009. Objectives
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