South African Carbon Sinks Atlas
List of Acronyms
AGB
AGW or AGBwoody
AGH or ABGherb
AFOLU
ARC
B
BGB
BGW or BGBwoody
BGH or BBGherb
C
CF
CO2
CO2-e
CSIR
DFFE
DOM
g
Gg
Gt
GIS
GHG
GIZ
GPS
ha
IPCC
kg
LiDAR
LU
M
m
m2
m3
N
NTCSA
NTCSA 2014
NC
NO3
O2
R
RP
SAEON
SANBI
SOC
SOM
t
tC
tCO2-e
TJ
VCS
y
∆
Above ground biomass
Above ground woody biomass
Above ground herbaceous biomass
Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Uses
Agricultural Research Council
Biomass
Below ground biomass
Below ground woody biomass
Below ground herbaceous biomass
Carbon
Carbon fraction or conversion factor
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide equivalents
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Department of Environmental, Forestry and Fisheries
Dead organic matter
Grams
Gigagram (one thousand million grams)
Gigatonnes (one thousand million tonnes)
Geographic information system
Greenhouse gas
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Global positioning system
Hectares
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Kilograms
Light detection and ranging
Land unit
Million
Metres
Metres squared (area)
Metres cubed (volume)
Nitrogen
2019 National Terrestrial Carbon Sinks Assessment
2014 National Terrestrial Carbon Sinks Assessment
Nitrogen content
Nitrate
Oxygen
Root shoot ratio
Reporting period
South African Environmental Observation Network
South African National Biodiversity Institute
Soil organic carbon
Soil organic matter
Tonnes (Metric i.e 1 000kg)
Tonnes of carbon
Tonnes carbon dioxide equivalents
Terajoules
Verified Carbon Standards
Year
Change in