Table 2

Social potential distribution of carbon plantations with establishment on abandoned agricultural land only (in Mha).
Baseline
 A1b Permanent

A1b Harvest

B2 Harvest


2030
 2050
 2100
 2030
 2050
 2100
 2030
 2050
 2100
River red gum
 31
 75
 317
 33
 83
 332
 30
 37
 158
Rose gum
 20
 26
 230
 30
 41
 256
 21
 34
 108
Radiata pine
 2
 2
 3
 2
 2
 3
 2
 2
 3
Black poplar
 16
 24
 192
 23
 83
 219
 31
 84
 163
Norway spruce
 31
 48
 75
 128
 164
 181
 119
 203
 234
Japanese larch
 4
 5
 14
 11
 16
 22
 15
 23
 29
Global total
 105
 181
 831
 228
 390
 1014
 218
 383
 695
Canada
 2.2
 6.7
 14.8
 16.2
 27.2
 26.4
 15.9
 36.2
 30.2
US
 0.9
 0.9
 2.9
 5.0
 5.2
 5.1
 18.4
 53.2
 69.0
Europe
 0.3
 0.9
 19.5
 4.3
 12.2
 24.7
 17.4
 36.5
 35.4
FSU
 13.7
 20.5
 49.9
 48.7
 67.1
 79.9
 80.6
 107.1
 135.8
China
 0.3
 14.9
 187.5
 3.0
 60.8
 254.7
 0.0
 25.2
 125.2
Latin America
 40.0
 47.7
 102.9
 76.3
 85.9
 133.3
 35.5
 56.6
 63.8
Africa
 6.4
 43.5
 314.6
 10.5
 61.1
 326.1
 0.4
 1.6
 124.8
India
 0.4
 0.4
 54.8
 0.6
 0.6
 56.5
 1.2
 1.2
 27.2
SE-Asia
 0.0
 0.0
 27.6
 0.0
 0.9
 30.4
 0.0
 0.0
 7.2
Oceania
 41.0
 45.7
 53.8
 63.5
 69.0
 74.5
 47.7
 65.5
 71.5

van Minnen et al. Carbon Balance and Management 2008 3:3   doi:10.1186/1750-0680-3-3