Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry A Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

The exchange of carbon between the atmosphere and biosphere is an important factor in controlling global warming and climate change. Consequently, it is important to examine how carbon flows between different pools and how carbon stocks change in response to afforestation, reforestation, and deforestation, and other land-use activities. This IPCC Special Report provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art examination of the scientific and technical implications of carbon sequestration and the global carbon cycle. It also examines environmental and socioeconomic issues, conservation, sustainable resource management and development issues, as related to carbon sequestration. The volume will be invaluable for government policymakers, business/industry analysts and officials, environmental groups, and researchers in global change, atmospheric chemistry, soil science, and economics.

Preface; Summary for policymakers; 1. Introduction and mandate; 2. Global perspective; 3. Implications of different definitions and genetic issues; 4. Operationalizing afforestation, reforestation and deforestation (ARD) activities; 5. Additional human-induced activities - Article 3.4; 6. Project based activities; 7. Implications of the Kyoto Protocol for the reporting guidelines.

This IPCC Special Report provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art examination of the scientific and technical implications of carbon sequestration and the global carbon cycle. The volume will be invaluable for government policymakers, business/industry analysts and officials, environmental groups, and researchers in global change, atmospheric chemistry, soil science, and economics.