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Orals BG2.2

BG2.2

Congo basin forest carbon dynamics
Convener: Koen Hufkens  | Co-Convener: Hans Verbeeck 
Orals
 / Mon, 28 Apr, 08:30–10:00
Posters
 / Attendance Mon, 28 Apr, 10:30–12:00

Monday, 28 April 2014
Room G5
Chairperson: Koen Hufkens, Hans Verbeeck
08:30–08:45
EGU2014-16531
Forests of Africa's Congo Basin: Carbon storage and fluxes from a large network of inventory plots (solicited)
Simon L Lewis, Wannes Hubau, Serge K Begne, Aida Cuni-Sanchez, John Poulson, Lee White, Oliver L Phillips, Gabriella Lopez-Gonzalez, Bonaventure Sonke, Ifo Suspense, Dudu Akaibe, and Afritron Consortium
08:45–09:00
EGU2014-6490
Conventional tree height-diameter relationships significantly overestimate aboveground carbon stocks in the Central Congo Basin Press & Media
Elizabeth Kearsley, Koen Hufkens, Kathy Steppe, Hans Beeckman, Pascal Boeckx, and Hans Verbeeck
09:00–09:15
EGU2014-16554
Impact of anthropogenic and climatic changes on biomass and diversity of the Central African forests, from local to global scale: original methods for new results (solicited)
Frédéric Mortier, Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury, Dakis Ouédraogo, Nicolas Picard, Vivien Rossi, and B&sef team
09:15–09:30
EGU2014-2678
Mapping Biomass for REDD in the Largest Forest of Central Africa: the Democratic Republic of Congo Press & Media
Aurelie Shapiro and Sassan Saatchi
09:30–09:45
EGU2014-16526
Integrating SPOT-VEGETATION 13-yr time series and land-surface modelling to forecast the terrestrial carbon dynamics in a changing climate - The VEGECLIM project: achievements and lessons learned
Pierre Defourny, Hans Verbeeck, Inès Moreau, Marjolein De Weirdt, Astrid Verhegghen, Jean-Paul Kibambe-Lubamba, Quentin Jungers, Fabienne Maignan, Nicolas Najdovski, Benjamin Poulter, Natasha MacBean, and Philippe Peylin
09:45–10:00
EGU2014-14713
REDD+ projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo: impacts on future emissions, income and biodiversity
Aline Mosnier, Geraldine Bocqueho, Rebecca Mant, Michael Obersteiner, Petr Havlik, Val Kapos, Steffen Fritz, and Leo Botrill