New estimates of CO2 forest emissions and removals: 1990–2015

• Published in: Forest ecology and management Vol. 352; pp. 89 - 98
• Main Authors: Federici, Sandro, Tubiello, Francesco N., Salvatore, Mirella, Jacobs, Heather, Schmidhuber, Josef
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.09.2015
• Subjects: anthropogenic activities; Assessments; biomass; Brazil; Carbon; Carbon dioxide; carbon sinks; CO2 emissions; CO2 removals; Conversion; Deforestation; Degradation; Emission analysis; FAOSTAT; Forest; Forest degradation; forest resources; Forests; FRA; greenhouse gas emissions; REDD; Stock change; ASW, Brazil; Brazil; Deforestation; Forest degradation; FRA; CO2 emissions; REDD; CO2 removals; FAOSTAT; Forest; Carbon; Stock change

•We update global GHG forest emissions, including from deforestation and degradation.•Deforestation decreased from 4.0 to 2.9GtCO2yr−1 from 1991–2000 to 2011–2015.•Degradation increased from 0.4 to 1.0GtCO2yr−1 from 1991–2000 to 2011–2015.•Remaining forests acted as an overall sink of −2.1GtCO2yr−1...