Greenhouse Gas Accounting for Sustainable Land Management : Quick Guidance for Users

Greenhouse Gas Accounting for Sustainable Land Management : Quick Guidance for Users

Agriculture, and the patterns of land use change that are associated with it, have a high environmental footprint and contribute to climate change, as the sector accounts for about one-quarter of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions globall...

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Main Authors: Toudert, Anass, Braimoh, Ademola, Bernoux, Martial, St-Louis, Maylina, Abdelmagied, Manar, Bockel, Louis, Ignaciuk, Adriana, Zhao, Yuxuan
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
LAND USE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT
CLIMATE CHANGE
DEFORESTATION
SOIL FERTILITY
GHG CALCULATORS
CARBON FOOTPRINT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/553171544165496697/Greenhouse-Gas-Accounting-for-Sustainable-Land-Management-Quick-Guidance-for-Users
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spelling okr-10986-310632021-05-25T09:20:41Z Greenhouse Gas Accounting for Sustainable Land Management : Quick Guidance for Users Toudert, Anass Braimoh, Ademola Bernoux, Martial St-Louis, Maylina Abdelmagied, Manar Bockel, Louis Ignaciuk, Adriana Zhao, Yuxuan LAND USE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT CLIMATE CHANGE DEFORESTATION SOIL FERTILITY GHG CALCULATORS CARBON FOOTPRINT Agriculture, and the patterns of land use change that are associated with it, have a high environmental footprint and contribute to climate change, as the sector accounts for about one-quarter of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions globally. However, improved land management practices can play an important role in mitigating GHG emissions by removing substantial volumes of carbon from the atmosphere and sequestering them in soils and plant tissues. We can’t fix what we do not measure, which is why quantifying greenhouse gas emissions is a necessary step for climate-smart agriculture and sustainable land management. Greenhouse gas accounting can provide the numbers and data that are important to decision making in adopting less carbon-intensive practices and guiding low-emissions development 2018-12-20T21:48:29Z 2018-12-20T21:48:29Z 2018-12-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/553171544165496697/Greenhouse-Gas-Accounting-for-Sustainable-Land-Management-Quick-Guidance-for-Users http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31063 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
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topic LAND USE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT
CLIMATE CHANGE
DEFORESTATION
SOIL FERTILITY
GHG CALCULATORS
CARBON FOOTPRINT
spellingShingle LAND USE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT
CLIMATE CHANGE
DEFORESTATION
SOIL FERTILITY
GHG CALCULATORS
CARBON FOOTPRINT
Toudert, Anass
Braimoh, Ademola
Bernoux, Martial
St-Louis, Maylina
Abdelmagied, Manar
Bockel, Louis
Ignaciuk, Adriana
Zhao, Yuxuan
Greenhouse Gas Accounting for Sustainable Land Management : Quick Guidance for Users
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Sub-Saharan Africa
description Agriculture, and the patterns of land use change that are associated with it, have a high environmental footprint and contribute to climate change, as the sector accounts for about one-quarter of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions globally. However, improved land management practices can play an important role in mitigating GHG emissions by removing substantial volumes of carbon from the atmosphere and sequestering them in soils and plant tissues. We can’t fix what we do not measure, which is why quantifying greenhouse gas emissions is a necessary step for climate-smart agriculture and sustainable land management. Greenhouse gas accounting can provide the numbers and data that are important to decision making in adopting less carbon-intensive practices and guiding low-emissions development
format Working Paper
author Toudert, Anass
Braimoh, Ademola
Bernoux, Martial
St-Louis, Maylina
Abdelmagied, Manar
Bockel, Louis
Ignaciuk, Adriana
Zhao, Yuxuan
author_facet Toudert, Anass
Braimoh, Ademola
Bernoux, Martial
St-Louis, Maylina
Abdelmagied, Manar
Bockel, Louis
Ignaciuk, Adriana
Zhao, Yuxuan
author_sort Toudert, Anass
title Greenhouse Gas Accounting for Sustainable Land Management : Quick Guidance for Users
title_short Greenhouse Gas Accounting for Sustainable Land Management : Quick Guidance for Users
title_full Greenhouse Gas Accounting for Sustainable Land Management : Quick Guidance for Users
title_fullStr Greenhouse Gas Accounting for Sustainable Land Management : Quick Guidance for Users
title_full_unstemmed Greenhouse Gas Accounting for Sustainable Land Management : Quick Guidance for Users
title_sort greenhouse gas accounting for sustainable land management : quick guidance for users
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/553171544165496697/Greenhouse-Gas-Accounting-for-Sustainable-Land-Management-Quick-Guidance-for-Users
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31063
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