Drained organic soils 1990-2019
20/04/2020
FAO released new estimates of the amount of area of organic soils drained for agriculture and the resulting anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to the atmosphere. Data are disseminated by gas and land use class: emissions of N2O on cropland and grassland are disseminated under the domain Cultivation of Organic soils of FAOSTAT Emissions-agriculture; whereas emissions of CO2 on Cropland and Grassland are disseminated within the FAOSTAT Emissions-Land use domain.
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FAOSTAT domains:
- Cultivation of organic soils
Related articles and papers:
- Earth system science data: Drainage of organic soils and GHG emissions: Validation with country data
- A Worldwide Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Drained Organic Soils
- Nature.com: Climate change responses benefit from a global food system approach
- IPCC Special Report on Land and Climate Change
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