Estimation of biomass, carbon stock, CO2 absorption, and oxygen release in the Metinaro coastal mangrove forest, Díli, Timor-Leste

Mangrove forests are vital for other living beings, help prevent coastal erosion, and mitigate the greenhouse effect while storing more carbon than other types of forests. This research focuses on estimating the biomass, carbon sequestration, CO ₂ absortion, and O ₂ release of the Metinaro mangrove forest located within the municipality of Díli, East Timor. For the collection of the necessary data, we measured the total height and the diameter at breast height of all the adult trees located in the mangrove forest. The minimum analysis described herein considers the quantitative approach for which specific equations will help estimate the value of biomass and subsequently carbon and CO ₂ capture and O ₂ release. The Metinaro mangrove forest is estimated to have a total of 15 species of trees with a total biomass of 944.98 tons/ha and sequesters 485.85 tons/ha of carbon, absorbs 1734.91 tons/ha of CO ₂ , and releases 4279.64 tons/ha of O ₂ . This data can help the country's future carbon trading and observation of changes in the capacity of the amount of carbon stored by this forest. This helps, conservation and reforestation continues.