Reporting carbon fluxes from unmanaged forest
G.J. Nabuurs, Philippe Ciais, Giacomo Grassi, R. A. Houghton, Brent Sohngen
Abstract
Unmanaged land areas are not included in current national reports on greenhouse gas emissions for the Paris Agreement. Here, we argue that carbon dioxide fluxes from all forest land need to be recorded in order to help tracking progress towards global climate targets.
Topics & Concepts
Greenhouse gasEnvironmental scienceCarbon dioxideOrder (exchange)Carbon fibersEnvironmental resource managementNatural resource economicsBusinessComputer scienceEcologyEconomicsAlgorithmComposite numberBiologyFinanceAtmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsEnvironmental Impact and SustainabilityFire effects on ecosystems