Malaysia has a large extent of forest cover that plays a crucial role in storing biomass carbon and enhancing carbon sink (carbon sequestration) and reducing atmospheric greenhouse gas emissions, which helps to reduce the negative impacts of global climate change. This article estimates the economic value of forest carbon stock and carbon value per hectare of forested area based on the price of removing per ton CO₂eq in USD from 1990 to 2050. The economic value of biomass carbon stored in the forests is estimated at nearly USD 51 billion in 2020 and approximately USD 41 billion in 2050, whereas carbon value per hectare forest area is estimated at USD 2885 in 2020 and USD 2388 in 2050. If the BAU scenario of forest loss (converting forests to other land use) continues, the projected estimation of carbon stock and its economic value might fall until 2050 unless further initiatives on proper planning of forest management and ambitious policy implementation are taken. Instead, Malaysia’s CO₂ emission growth started to fall after 2010 due to rising forest carbon sink of 282 million tons between 2011 and 2016, indicating a huge potential of Malaysian forests for future climate change mitigation. The estimated and projected value of carbon stock in Malaysian forest biomass, annual growth of forest carbon, forest carbon density and carbon sink would be useful for the better understanding of enhancing carbon sink by avoiding deforestation, sustainable forest management, forest conservation and protection, accurate reporting of national carbon inventories and policy-making decisions. The findings of this study could also be useful in meeting emission reduction targets and policy implementation related to climate change mitigation in Malaysia.

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马来西亚森林生物质碳储量和减排潜力评估

马来西亚拥有大面积的森林覆盖，在储存生物质碳和增强碳汇（碳封存）和减少大气温室气体排放方面发挥着至关重要的作用，这有助于减少全球气候变化的负面影响。本文根据每吨CO ₂清除价格估算森林碳储量的经济价值和每公顷森林面积的碳价值eq 从 1990 年到 2050 年。 森林中储存的生物质碳的经济价值估计在 2020 年接近 510 亿美元，到 2050 年大约为 410 亿美元，而每公顷森林面积的碳价值估计在 2020 年为 2885 美元， 2050 年为 2388 美元。如果森林损失（将森林转化为其他土地用途）的 BAU 情景继续下去，则碳储量及其经济价值的预计估计值可能会下降到 2050 年，除非采取进一步措施正确规划森林管理和雄心勃勃的政策实施采取。相反，马来西亚的 CO ₂由于 2011 年至 2016 年间森林碳汇增加了 2.82 亿吨，排放增长在 2010 年后开始下降，这表明马来西亚森林在未来减缓气候变化方面具有巨大潜力。马来西亚森林生物量中碳储量的估计和预测值、森林碳的年增长、森林碳密度和碳汇将有助于更好地了解通过避免森林砍伐、可持续森林管理、森林养护和保护、准确地增强碳汇。报告国家碳清单和决策。这项研究的结果也可能有助于实现马来西亚与减缓气候变化相关的减排目标和政策实施。