Preparing emission reporting from forests: use of National Forest Inventories in European countries
We examine the current status of greenhouse gas inventories of the sector Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF), in European countries, with specific focus on the utilization of National Forest Inventory (NFI) programs. LULUCF inventory is an integral part of the reporting obligations...
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Finnish Society of Forest Science
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| author | Cienciala, Emil Tomppo, Erkki Snorrason, Arnor Broadmeadow, Mark Colin, Antoine Dunger, Karsten Exnerova, Zuzana Lasserre, Bruno Petersson, Hans Priwitzer, Tibor Sanchez, Gerardo Ståhl, Göran |
| author_facet | Cienciala, Emil Tomppo, Erkki Snorrason, Arnor Broadmeadow, Mark Colin, Antoine Dunger, Karsten Exnerova, Zuzana Lasserre, Bruno Petersson, Hans Priwitzer, Tibor Sanchez, Gerardo Ståhl, Göran |
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| description | We examine the current status of greenhouse gas inventories of the sector Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF), in European countries, with specific focus on the utilization of National Forest Inventory (NFI) programs. LULUCF inventory is an integral part of the reporting obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol. The analysis is based on two questionnaires prepared by the COST Action E43 âHarmonisation of National Forest Inventories in Europeâ, which were answered by greenhouse gas reporting experts in European countries. The following major conclusions can be drawn from the analysis: 1) definitions used to obtain carbon pool change estimates vary widely among countries and are not directly comparable 2) NFIs play a key role for LULUCF greenhouse gas estimation and reporting under UNFCCC, and provide the fundamental data needed for the estimation of carbon stock changes covering not only living biomass, but increasingly also deadwood, litter and soil compartments. The study highlights the effects of adopting different definitions for two major reporting processes, namely UNFCCC and FAO, and exemplifies the effect of different tree diameter thresholds on carbon stock change estimates for Finland. The results demonstrate that more effort is needed to harmonize forest inventory estimates for the purpose of making the estimates of forest carbon pool changes comparable. This effort should lead to a better utilization of the data from the European NFI programs and improve the European greenhouse gas reporting. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ac4445a8208c43caac52f97e251d73412022-12-22T01:01:12ZengFinnish Society of Forest ScienceSilva Fennica2242-40752008-01-0142110.14214/sf.265Preparing emission reporting from forests: use of National Forest Inventories in European countriesCienciala, EmilTomppo, ErkkiSnorrason, ArnorBroadmeadow, MarkColin, AntoineDunger, KarstenExnerova, ZuzanaLasserre, BrunoPetersson, HansPriwitzer, TiborSanchez, GerardoStåhl, GöranWe examine the current status of greenhouse gas inventories of the sector Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF), in European countries, with specific focus on the utilization of National Forest Inventory (NFI) programs. LULUCF inventory is an integral part of the reporting obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol. The analysis is based on two questionnaires prepared by the COST Action E43 âHarmonisation of National Forest Inventories in Europeâ, which were answered by greenhouse gas reporting experts in European countries. The following major conclusions can be drawn from the analysis: 1) definitions used to obtain carbon pool change estimates vary widely among countries and are not directly comparable 2) NFIs play a key role for LULUCF greenhouse gas estimation and reporting under UNFCCC, and provide the fundamental data needed for the estimation of carbon stock changes covering not only living biomass, but increasingly also deadwood, litter and soil compartments. The study highlights the effects of adopting different definitions for two major reporting processes, namely UNFCCC and FAO, and exemplifies the effect of different tree diameter thresholds on carbon stock change estimates for Finland. The results demonstrate that more effort is needed to harmonize forest inventory estimates for the purpose of making the estimates of forest carbon pool changes comparable. This effort should lead to a better utilization of the data from the European NFI programs and improve the European greenhouse gas reporting.https://www.silvafennica.fi/article/265 |
| spellingShingle | Cienciala, Emil Tomppo, Erkki Snorrason, Arnor Broadmeadow, Mark Colin, Antoine Dunger, Karsten Exnerova, Zuzana Lasserre, Bruno Petersson, Hans Priwitzer, Tibor Sanchez, Gerardo Ståhl, Göran Preparing emission reporting from forests: use of National Forest Inventories in European countries Silva Fennica |
| title | Preparing emission reporting from forests: use of National Forest Inventories in European countries |
| title_full | Preparing emission reporting from forests: use of National Forest Inventories in European countries |
| title_fullStr | Preparing emission reporting from forests: use of National Forest Inventories in European countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Preparing emission reporting from forests: use of National Forest Inventories in European countries |
| title_short | Preparing emission reporting from forests: use of National Forest Inventories in European countries |
| title_sort | preparing emission reporting from forests use of national forest inventories in european countries |
| url | https://www.silvafennica.fi/article/265 |
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