Carbon Stock in Slash and Burn and Alternative Land Uses at ASB Benchmark Sites in the Humid Tropics

Carbon stocks were measured in the soils and vegetation in 94 sites in the
three ASB benchmark countries (Brazil, Cameroon, Indonesia) and in an
additional 22 sites in Perú. The sites sampled in each country included
undisturbed or selectively logged forests as the reference point; areas that
had been recently slashed, burned, and cropped; and areas that were
subsequently planted to pastures, tree plantations or agroforests, or areas
abandoned to fallow regrowth. This dataset, compiled by the ASB benchmark team,
is unique in that it provides data collected and analyzed by standardized
methods across sites. In addition, the information in this dataset on the
carbon stocks and carbon accumulation rates in young fallow vegetation and
agroforestry and plantation systems are rare for the tropics.