Quantification of the DRC humid tropical forest carbon sink due to three decades of post-deforestation/degradation forest regrowth

Myung Sik Cho

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[E] Oral

A (Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences ) » A-CG Complex & General

[A-CG61] Carbon Cycle Observation and Analysis

Tue. May 26, 2026 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Exhibition Hall Special Setting (4) (Exhibition Hall 7&8, Makuhari Messe)

Chairperson:Patra Prabir(Principal Scientist at Research Institute for Global Change, JAMSTEC and Professor at Research Institute for Humanity and Nature), Ito Akihiko(University of Tokyo)

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

[ACG61-10] Quantification of the DRC humid tropical forest carbon sink due to three decades of post-deforestation/degradation forest regrowth

*Myung Sik Cho¹, David P. Roy^1,2, Herve Kashongwe¹, Vladyslav Oles³, Jean Robert Bwangoy⁴ (1. Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, Michigan State University, 2. Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University, 3. Department of Forest Rangeland and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho, 4. Department of Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Kinshasa)

Keywords:GEDI and Landsat , Aboveground Biomass, Forest Regrowth, Tropical Forest, Carbon sink