<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\', serif;\">The research was aimed to estimate the carbon stocks of above ground biomass (AGB) in Lesio-louna forest in Republic of Congo. <span class=\"hps\">The methodology</span> <span class=\"hps\">of Allometric</span> <span class=\"hps\">equations</span> <span class=\"hps\">was</span> <span class=\"hps\">used to measure the</span> <span class=\"hps\">carbon stock of</span> <span class=\"hps\">Lesio-</span>louna<span class=\"hps\"> natural forest</span>. <span class=\"hps\">We</span> <span class=\"hps\">are</span> <span class=\"hps\">based</span> <span class=\"hps\">precisely on the</span> <span class=\"hps\">model</span> <span class=\"hps\">II</span> <span class=\"hps\">which is</span> <span class=\"hps\">also called</span> <span class=\"hps\">non-destructive</span> <span class=\"hps\">method</span> <span class=\"hps\">or indirect</span> <span class=\"hps\">method of measuring</span> <span class=\"hps\">carbon stock.</span> <span class=\"hps\">While there has been</span> <span class=\"hps\">use of</span> <span class=\"hps\">parameters such as</span> <span class=\"hps\">the Diameter at Breast Height</span> (<span class=\"hps\">DBH)</span> <span class=\"hps\">and</span> density of tree. <span class=\"hps\">The research</span> <span class=\"hps\">was done with</span> <span class=\"hps\">six</span> <span class=\"hps\">circular</span> <span class=\"hps\">plots</span> <span class=\"hps\">each</span> <span class=\"hps\">1256m<sup>2</sup></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\';\">, with a distance of <span class=\"hps\">100</span>m </span><span class=\"hps\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; mso-ansi-language: EN;\" lang=\"EN\">between each </span></span><span class=\"hps\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\';\">plot</span></span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\';\">, </span><span class=\"hps\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; mso-ansi-language: EN;\" lang=\"EN\">depending on the topography</span></span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; mso-ansi-language: EN;\" lang=\"EN\"> <span class=\"hps\">of the</span> <span class=\"hps\">site of the installation</span> <span class=\"hps\">of these plots. The six</span> <span class=\"hps\">studied</span> <span class=\"hps\">plots</span> <span class=\"hps\">are divided</span> <span class=\"hps\">in two</span> <span class=\"hps\">sites, which are</span>: <span class=\"hps\">Iboubikro</span> <span class=\"hps\">and</span> <span class=\"hps\">Ngambali</span>. <span class=\"hps\">Thus, in</span> <span class=\"hps\">the</span> <span class=\"hps\">six</span> <span class=\"hps\">plots</span>, there <span class=\"hps\">are</span> <span class=\"hps\">three</span> <span class=\"hps\">plots</span> <span class=\"hps\">in</span> <span class=\"hps\">Iboubikro</span> <span class=\"hps\">site and</span> <span class=\"hps\">three</span> <span class=\"hps\">plots</span> <span class=\"hps\">in</span> <span class=\"hps\">Ngambali site. The results of</span> <span class=\"hps\">this study show that</span> <span class=\"hps\">the</span> <span class=\"hps\">average</span> <span class=\"hps\">carbon</span> <span class=\"hps\">stock</span> of above ground biomass (<span class=\"hps\">AGB)</span> in <span class=\"hps\">six</span> <span class=\"hps\">plots was</span> <span class=\"hps\">170.673</span> <span class=\"hps\">t C</span> <span class=\"hps\">/ ha.</span> So, t<span class=\"hps\">he</span> <span class=\"hps\">average</span> of <span class=\"hps\">carbon stock of</span> above ground biomass (ABG)in <span class=\"hps\">Iboubikro</span> <span class=\"hps\">site</span> <span class=\"hps\">was</span> <span class=\"hps\">204.693</span> <span class=\"hps\">t C /</span> <span class=\"hps\">ha</span> <span class=\"hps\">and in the</span> <span class=\"hps\">Ngambali</span> <span class=\"hps\">site was 136.652</span> <span class=\"hps\">t C</span> <span class=\"hps\">/ ha. In this</span> <span class=\"hps\">forest ecosystem</span>, the high stock of carbon was <span class=\"hps\">obtained</span> <span class=\"hps\">in plot3, which was</span> <span class=\"hps\">in Iboubikro</span> <span class=\"hps\">site.</span> <span class=\"hps\">Plot3</span> <span class=\"hps\">contains</span> <span class=\"hps\">20 trees</span> <span class=\"hps\">and an average</span> <span class=\"hps\">DBH</span> <span class=\"hps\">of</span> <span class=\"hps\">24.56cm. However</span>, the lowest <span class=\"hps\">carbon stock</span> <span class=\"hps\">was obtained</span> <span class=\"hps\">in plot4, which was</span> <span class=\"hps\">in Ngambali</span> <span class=\"hps\">site.</span> <span class=\"hps\">Also,</span> <span class=\"hps\">Plot4</span> <span class=\"hps\">contains</span> <span class=\"hps\">11</span> <span class=\"hps\">trees and</span> <span class=\"hps\">an average</span> <span class=\"hps\">DBH</span> <span class=\"hps\">of</span> <span class=\"hps\">31.86</span> <span class=\"hps\">cm.</span> </span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\', serif;\">The results of this research indicate that, the forests in the study area are an important carbon reservoir, and they can also play a key role in mitigating of climate change. However, Lesio-louna tropical forests have a capacity to trap vast amounts of carbon which would otherwise escape into the atmosphere as CO<sub>2</sub>, one of the worst greenhouse gases (GHG) offenders.</span></p>
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<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; line-height: 150%;\"><span class=\"hps\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\', serif;\" lang=\"EN\">Keywords:</span></em></strong></span><span class=\"hps\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\', serif;\" lang=\"EN\">&nbsp; <em>Carbon stock, Allometric equation, </em></span></span><span class=\"hps\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; mso-ansi-language: EN;\" lang=\"EN\">Ngambali, Iboubikro, Lesio-louna forest, Above ground biomass.</span></em></span></p>