Dead Wood
The term used to describe all non-living woody biomass not contained in the litter, either standing, lying on the round, or in the soil. Dead wood includes wood lying on the surface, dead roots, and stumps larger than or equal to 10 cm in diameter or any other diameter used by the host country.
Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS) Guidance for Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use Projects. Released November 18,2008b.http://www.v-cs.org/docs/Guidance%20for%20 AFOLU%20Projects.pdf
All non-living woody biomass not contained in the litter, either standing, lying on the ground, or in the soil. Dead wood includes wood lying on the surface, dead roots, and stumps larger than or equal to 10 cm in diameter or any other diameter used by the country.
Terms and Definitions - FRA 2015, Forest Resources Assessment Working Paper 180, FAO, 2015 (http://www.fao.org/docrep/017/ap862e/ap862e00.pdf).
