*3.1.2. Biomass and carbon stock calculations*

Aboveground biomass (AGB) was estimated for each council forest using the allometric equation developed by Chave et al. [11] for moist tropical forest:

2 3 *AGB* =´ - + rexp[ 1.499 2.148ln 2.148ln(DBH) 0.207lnln(DBH) 0.0281lnln(DBH) ], + -

where *ρ* is wood specific density, DBH (cm) is the diameter at breast height, and AGB (kg) is dry mass. The estimation of the aboveground C stock was based on the assumption that all the AGB biomass pools contain 47.5% of C [12, 13]. The total C stored in each council forest was calculated using the C stock per unit area and the total area of the council forest.
