Table 6. Annual carbon account of bamboo forests in Korea.

District Total annul CO2 absorption (tCO2/yr) CO2 absorption by new bamboo trees inside forest (tCO2/yr)(+) CO2 absorption by new bamboo trees outside forest (tCO2/yr)(+) CO2 emission by dead bamboo trees (tCO2/yr)(−)
Total 212,224.29 213,041.59 43,354.05 44,171.35
Seoul - - - -
Busan 977.17 963.41 196.81 183.06
Daegu 146.03 1,181.37 169.11 190.98
Incheon 146.03 145.38 27.49 26.85
Gwangju 1,923.10 1,890.70 328.89 296.48
Daejeon 134.68 139.93 20.60 25.84
Ulsan 3,793.12 3,569.70 802.22 578.80
Sejong 146.78 152.49 22.45 28.16
Gyeonggi-do 115.29 114.78 21.71 21.20
Gangwon-do 3,059.32 2,831.96 535.57 308.21
Chungcheongbuk-do 1,274.59 1,539.67 226.62 491.71
Chungcheongnam-do 16,491.09 17,133.01 2,521.81 3,163.72
Jeollabuk-do 12,367.56 15,701.74 3,189.30 6,523.48
Jeollanam-do 78,646.40 78,062.36 16,279.20 15,695.16
Gyeongsangbuk-do 31,181.29 31,570.03 4,989.03 5,377.77
Gyeongsangnam-do 59,766.17 57,007.48 13,827.03 11,068.35
Jeju 1,042.20 1,037.57 196.22 191.59