Influence of Methodology and Assumptions on Reported National Carbon Flux Inventories: An Illustration from the Canadian Forest Sector

• Published in: Mitigation and adaptation strategies for global change Vol. 2; no. 2-3; pp. 267 - 283
• Main Authors: Greenough, Julee A., Apps, Michael J., Kurz, Werner A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Nature B.V 01.09.1997
• Subjects: Anthropogenic factors; Carbon; Climate change; Emissions; Fluctuations; Forests; Greenhouse gases; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Land use; Wildfires; Canada

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has developed guidelines to standardize the international reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and removals by signatory nations of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. With regard to forest sector carbon fluxes, the IPCC guidelines req...