FAO-IFAD-IPCC Expert Meeting Rome, 20-22 October, 2009 This presentation discusses the application of the IPCC methodological guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, which aim at estimating and inventorying greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and sequestration capacity of anthropogenic activities influencing sources and sinks of GHGs. Two case studies were used, Burkina Faso and Uzbekistan, to obtain a spatially explicit simulation of C sequestration potential in agricultural soils, using FAO datasets within a GIS framework. Although no technical problems were found, a number of constraints that were encountered are highlighted, and recommendations are made for further development of the methodology. |