Carbon stock trends in selected agro ecological zones of Uganda
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This study determined the trend in carbon densities and stocks
from major land uses/covers of semi arid and sub humid areas
of Uganda. Carbon densities were estimated from soils and
woody biomass pools of the major homogenous units in terms
of land-use/cover, topography and soil. In Soroti, preliminary
results show that the carbon density was generally highest in
soil than in above ground wood plants (P<0.05). The highest
carbon density was observed under woodland (248.2Mg/ha)
and fallow (213.1 mg/ha), followed by grazing land (173.2 mg/
ha) and annuals (167.66 mg/ha); and the lowest was observed
under perennial agriculture (Orchard) (56.6 mg/ha) (P<0.05).
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