Dataset of Forest Area and Carbon Stocks in Southeast Asia 2000-2030

Value of the Data • The REDD+ scheme of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change requires that carbon emissions, emission reductions or removals from deforestation and forest degradation, through conservation of forests, sustainable management of forests, and enhancement of forest carbon stocks be monitored, measured, reported, and verified. These data are important for these purposes for policy makers as well as scientific communities and college students. • Students, researchers, policy makers, NGOs, media outlets will find these data useful in many ways depending on their interests. • These data might be used for understanding the current carbon stocks in the standing forests in Southeast Asia, carbon emissions due to deforestation and logging, potential carbon emission reductions when the REDD+ activities are implemented, and to test the effects of different carbon prices on carbon revenues from reducing deforestation and forest degradation, and from planting the new trees on a regional scale.

Paper describing the detailed methodologies can be found at doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127728