GlobAllomeTree - new tool for calculating forest biomass and carbon

The Mountain Partnership are pleased to share with you a new tool for calculating forest biomass and forest carbon that has been developed by one of their members, the Food and Agriculture Organization, jointly with the French Research Centre (CIRAD) and Tuscia University (Italy).

The new GlobAllomeTree online platform allows global access to tree allometric equations, the basic tool for assessing forest biomass in most forest types.

The tool enables users to assess stem volume, tree biomass and carbon stocks from tree characteristics such as trunk diameter, height and wood specific gravity for various types of trees and ecological zones. This allows individual countries to get a clear picture of their forests’ capacity to store carbon.

Currently, the tool covers 61 tree species in 7 different ecological zones in Europe, 263 trees species in 16 ecological zones in North America and 324 species in 9 ecological zones in Africa. The calculation tools for South Asia, South-East Asia and Central and South America will also soon be finalized and uploaded to the platform.

GlobAllomeTree will be particularly useful in the context of REDD+ activities (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and increasing the carbon stock in forests), where governments need more accurate assessments of forest carbon stocks and carbon stock changes. 

GlobAllomeTree products are free and may be of use to a range of users, such as foresters, project developers, scientists, students and forest technicians.

Please visit the site at www.globallometree.org.