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Local communities can reliably monitor forest carbon stocks, matching expert accuracy. Engaging non-experts in biomass inventories is crucial for developing countries to improve forest carbon data and reduce emissions.

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Area of Science:

Environmental Science
Forestry
Climate Change Mitigation

Background:

Developing countries face capacity gaps in monitoring forest carbon stocks, hindering global emission reduction efforts.
Community-based monitoring offers a potential solution to bridge this capacity gap in forest carbon stock assessment.

Purpose of the Study:

To assess the reliability of community-led biomass inventories compared to expert measurements in tropical forests.
To identify sources of discrepancy in forest carbon stock data collected by non-experts and experts.

Main Methods:

Conducted a comprehensive expert remeasurement of 4,481 field measurements from community-led biomass inventories in Papua New Guinea.
Analyzed differences in biomass estimates, tree diameter at breast height (DBH), tree counts, plot area, and tree heights between expert and non-expert measurements.

Main Results:

Non-expert and expert forest biomass estimates showed no significant differences, indicating comparable reliability.
Significant discrepancies were observed in tree height measurements, and a few large missing trees accounted for a third of overall biomass discrepancies.
Measurements of large trees (DBH ≥50 cm) caused 85% of tree-level biomass discrepancies, despite representing only 14% of stems.

Conclusions:

Community-based forest monitoring programs can generate high-quality carbon data, essential for reducing emissions in developing nations.
Prioritizing training to reduce measurement errors, particularly for large trees, is critical for enhancing the accuracy of community-led forest carbon monitoring.