Carbon Carrying Capacity (CCC)
Definition
The term used to describe the mass of potential carbon stored in a forest ecosystem under prevailing environmental conditions and natural disturbance regimes, but excluding human induced disturbance.
Source
"Definitions and Jargon" Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD): A Casebook of On-the-Ground Experience. 2010. The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International and Wildlife Conservation Society. Arlington,Virginia.http://www.hedon.info/docs/REDD_Casebook-TNC-CIWCS.pdf