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GHG Inventories for Afforestation, Deforestation and Forest Management in the 1st commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol
Project
Project code: TI-WO-08-PID1615
Contract period: 01.01.2007
- 30.09.2014
Purpose of research: Inventory & Assessment
In the period 2008-2012, the first commitment period under the Kyoto-Protocol, Germany accounts for Afforrestation, Deforestation and Forest Management. The Greenhouse Gas Inventory delivers the statistical basis for this accounting. Germany commited to reduce its Emissions in the Period 2008-2012 by 21% compared to 1990. According to Art. 3.3 of the Kyoto Protocol, accounting for Afforestation, Reforestation and Deforestation is mandatory. Additionally, Germany voluntary accounts for Emissions due to Forest Management. As a prequisite for that an comprehensive reporting had to be established and the sources and sinks had to be detailled reported following relevant international standards. In order to implement the German national greenhouse gas emission reporting system (National Inventory Report, NIR) we compile the national inventories for forests. This aspires to ascertain the carbon stock and its change within the five relevant pools (above-ground and below-ground biomass, deadwood, litter and soil) and to document the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O). Our reporting system is compliant with the relevant rules and international guidelines. Therefore a focus of our work is to constantly improve our methods, so that accurate, consistent and complete surveys and calculations are secured.
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Subjects
- Silviculture
- Climate Change
