INSTITUT PENYELIDIKAN PERHUTANAN MALAYSIAFOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA

DEVELOPMENT OF CARBON MONITORING METHODOLOGY FOR REDD+ IN MALAYSIA

Forest Inventory Method For
Biomass Estimation
Nur Hajar Z.S., Wan Mohd Shukri Wan Ahmad, Sato, T., Niiyama K., Mohd
Shahid M. & Ismail, H.
Forestry & Environment Division
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
52109 Kepong, Selangor

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http://www.frim.gov.myPRESENTATION OUTLINES
1. INTRODUCTION
2. OBJECTIVE OF THE BIOMASS COMPONENT
3. COMPONENT ACTIVITIES
1. Developing standard procedure & ground measurement
2. Biomass calculation

5. CONCLUSION

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http://www.frim.gov.myForest carbon is stored in five pools within and aroundvegetation
1.

Above-ground biomass:stems, bark, leaves, etc.

2.

Below-ground biomass:roots of all sizes

3.

Dead wood or deadorganic matter in dead wood4.

Litter or dead organic matter inlitter

5.

Soil organic carbon (SOC)

THE COMPONENT’S OBJECTIVE
To determine biomass and estimate
carbon stock in the forest by different
forest type and disturbances

Lowland forest(< 300m asl)

Disturbed forest

Hill forest(> 300m asl)

STUDY SITESStratification by:• Forest type : Hill / Lowland• Disturbance categories :– Undisturbed (VJR)– Disturbeda. < 10 years
b. > 10 years

96 plots distributed randomly andequally within four selected LANDSAT
satellite images.

MAIN
ACTIVITIESOBJECTIVE
1. Detailed ground measurement of biomass
2. Development of standard procedures ofbiomass ground inventory for carbon stockestimation
3. Average carbon value for each categoryidentified

ACTIVITY 1 & 2

DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARD PROCEDURES OF
BIOMASS GROUND INVENTORY FOR CARBONSTOCK ESTIMATION & GROUND MEASUREMENT

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Inventory Procedures

 Altitude
 Slope(Non-destructive Method) Bearing Coordinates – maincorners & center Bench marks – MainPLOTcorners

 Photographs
 Time Diameter at breast

TREEheight, dbh (cm)

 Total height – first 5 trees

in each dbh class : (1) 510cm, (2) 10-30cm, (3)30-50cm, (4) 50-70 cm,(5) 70-90 cm and (6) >90cm

 Tree identification

Equipments
Laser range finders – Digital Camera – Diameter tape– Reflector & pole – Distance tape – Suunto
Compass – GPS – Altimeter – Clinometer –Binocular – Flagging tape – Tree tag (plastic) –Rainproof bag – Aluminium plate (for quadratecorner label) – Data sheet – PVC pole (quadratecorners post) – Aluminium pole (main plot cornerspost) –Herbarium specimen (Plant press, Plasticspecimen bag, Paper specimen labels, oldnewspaper, lastik) – Walkie talkie

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http://www.frim.gov.myField Form 1 – Plot Survey

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http://www.frim.gov.myField Form 2 – Tree Census

Hill logged < 10 years

7Hill logged > 10 years

2Hill unlogged

312Total

Terengganu

Selangor

PahangNegeri
Sembilan

Kelantan

Forest Category

Johor

No of Plots Established and Their Locations

2936510Lowland logged < 10 years

622717Lowland logged > 10 years

7156331

Lowland unlogged

295218

1626

23

1291

Total

59ACTIVITY 3

AVERAGE CARBON VALUE FOR EACH
CATEGORY IDENTIFIED

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http://www.frim.gov.myAllometricEquations
1/WL = 1/(0.124 WS 0.794) + 1/125
WB = 0.0390 (D2H)1.041

WS = 0.313 (D2H)0.9733

(AGB)

(BGB)

1/H = 1/(2.0 D) + 1/61

WR = 0.023 D 2.59
After calculating tree biomass,
carbon stock of a tree will beobtained by multiplication of
0.5 (IPCC)
Kato et al. (1978) & Niiyama et al. (2010)

Tree biomass analysis (TBA) ToolTBA Graphic userinterface

Example of the TBA result outputs

PART 1: Establishment ofMonitoring PlotPART 2: Tree Measurementfor Biomass
PART 3: Data Entry andAnalysis
PART 4: Estimation of Tree
Biomass and Carbon Stocks;
Report Writing

CONCLUSION• Measurement protocol for biomass estimation has beendeveloped. Manual is ready to be used.
• To date 91 plots had been established throughout
Peninsular Malaysia using the standard protocol
developed.
• Monitoring of fixed sampling plots shall provide us
important information of biomass and carbon stockchanges as well as biodiversity.

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http://www.frim.gov.myACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Government of Japan through Forestry & Forest Products
Research Institute (FFPRI) for the research funding.
Forestry Department (Peninsular Malaysia, Selangor,Negeri Sembilan, Johor, Pahang, Terengganu, Kelantan)
for the approval to conduct research activities atselected forest reserves.
Perbadanan Taman Negara Johor (PTNJ) for theapproval to conduct research in Taman Negara
Gunung Ledang
KPKKT for the approval to conduct research in theirconcession areas

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