Central
America ranked second in terms of biomass carbon per ha with 53 tC ha−1
in 2000 and 56 tC ha−1
in 2010, and
85% of agricultural land storing >50 tC ha−1
. South America has the greatest amount of agricultural land, but
average carbon biomass was lower than in Southeast Asia (~29 tC ha−1
in 2000, increasing to ~31 tC ha−1
by
2010). However, as in Southeast Asia, only a small proportion of land had