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Table 2 Regulating services; CO 2 storage by ecosystem

From: Pathways towards the integration of periurban agrarian ecosystems into the spatial planning system

 

CO2storage by ecosystem

1980

2006

 

Ecosystem

Storage capacity*

Area**

CO2stored

 

Storage capacity*

Area**

CO2stored

 
  

ton/ha

ha

ton

 

ton/ha

ha

ton

 

A

Urban-industrial

0.00

2,323.22

0.00

 

0.00

3,677.55

0.00

 

AG

Water

0.00

336.71

0.00

 

0.00

214.74

0.00

 

CH

Irrigated land

3.20

6,536.84

20,917.87

 

3.20

6,256.07

20,019.42

 

L

Dryland farming

2.20

8,149.19

17,928.22

 

2.20

8,239.97

18,127.93

 

M

Shrubs

10.00

4,779.70

47,796.99

 

10.00

3,112.54

31,125.38

 

MA

Dense shrubs

14.50

4,306.42

62,443.14

 

14.50

1,211.42

17,565.61

 

O

Vineyard and/or olive grove

6.10

3,383.75

20,640.86

 

6.10

2,694.58

16,436.93

 

P

Pastures

1.50

1,064.28

1,596.42

 

1.50

5,473.25

8,209.87

 

VR

Gallery forest (riparian veg)

38.00

535.34

20,342.86

 

38.00

535.34

20,342.86

 
   

31,415.45

191,666.37

  

31,415.45

131,828.00

 
 

CO 2 emission

1980

2006

  

Emission per capita***

Population****

CO 2 emitted

Balance

Emission per capita***

Population****

CO 2 emitted

Balance

  

ton/inhab

inhab

ton

%

ton/inhab

inhab

ton

%

  

5.70

35,619.00

203,028.30

94.40

7.90

56,877.00

449,328.30

29.34

  1. *OSE ([2006]).
  2. **PAEc-SP ecosystems.
  3. ***Banco Mundial ([2012]).
  4. ****INE ([2007]) Instituto Nacional de Estadistica.