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UNFCCC – NAI GHG Inventory Software
LULUCF Sector
Exercise – The “Republic of Everywhere”
 Version 2, April 2012
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Republic of Everywhere (RoE) - Beginning of Inventory Year
FL(15)
CL(10)
WL(16)
OL(11)
GL(13)
SL(17)
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RoE (end of inventory year)
∆CAFOLU
FL(10)
=
∆CFL
+ ∆CCL + ∆CGL
+ ∆CSL
+ ∆CWL + ∆COL
CL(13)
WL(14)
OL(08)
GL(12)
SL(25)
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Forest Land
10
Grassland
Cropland
2
3
9
1
3
13
1
8
1
10
1
15
17
17
Wetland
15
14
Settlement
Otherland
Final Area
Net Change
10
5
Initial Area
Otherland
Settlement
Wetland
Cropland
Grassland
Initial Area
Forest Land
Land Use Change Matrix of RoE
12
1
12
-2
14
1
22
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8
8
0
78
0
4
A look at the sector tree for LULUCF (only some categories)…
Biomass
FL=>FL
FL
Soils
L=>FL
Non-CO2
from fire
CL=>CL
Biomass
CL
Biomass
L=>CL
Soil
LULUCF
GL=>GL
Soil
L=>GL
Biomass
WL=>WL
Soil
GL
WL
L=>WL
SL
OL
We have chosen to consider only some source/sink categories for demonstration
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UNFCCC Software
 Open ‘START.xls’
 Enter ‘Inventory year’ and ‘Country’
 Choose ‘Land Use Change and Forestry’
 You are all set and ready to go!
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Sheet FL-1a(1-4): Annual change in carbon stocks in living biomass
(Forest land remaining forest land)
Parameter/Emission Factor/Activity Data
Value
10000000
Area of forest land remaining forest land (ha)
Average annual net increment in volume suitable for industrial processing
5
Basic wood density
(tonnes d.m.per m-3 fresh volume)
0.5
Biomass Expansion factor for conversion of annual net increment (including bark) to above ground tree biomass
increment
1.25
Root-shoot ratio appropriate to increments
0.25
Carbon fraction of dry matter
(default is 0.5)
(tonnes C tonne d.m.-1)
0.5
Biomass density
(tonnes d.m.m-3 fresh volume)
0.5
Fraction of biomass left to decay in forest
(dimensionless)
0.1
Biomass expansion factor for converting volumes of extracted round wood to total aboveground biomass
(including bark) (dimensionless)
1.5
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Sheet FL-1c2(1): Annual change in carbon stocks in organic soils
(Forest land remaining forest land)
Parameter/Emission Factor/Activity Data
Value
Area of drained organic forest soils
500000
Emission factor for CO2 from drained organic forest soils (tonnes C ha-1 yr-1)
1.4
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Sheet FL-1d(1): Non-CO2 emissions from vegetation fires
(Forest land remaining forest land)
Parameter/Emission Factor/Activity Data
Value
100000
Area burned (ha)
Mass of available fuel
(kg d.m. ha-1)
100000
Combustion efficiency or fraction of biomass combusted
(dimensionless)
0.5
CH4 Emission factor
(g /kg d.m.)
5
CO Emission factor
(g /kg d.m.)
100.00
N2O Emission factor
(g /kg d.m.)
0.20
NOx Emission factor
(g /kg d.m.)
1.50
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Sheet CL-1a(1): Annual change in carbon stocks in living biomass
(Cropland remaining cropland)
Parameter/Emission Factor/Activity Data
Value
80000000
Annual area of cropland with perennial woody biomass (ha)
Annual growth rate of perennial woody biomass
(tonnes C ha-1 yr-1)
Annual carbon stock in biomass removed
(tonnes C ha-1 yr-1)
2
1
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Sheet CL-2a(1): Annual change in carbon stocks in living biomass
(Land converted to cropland)
Parameter/Emission Factor/Activity Data
Value
Annual area of forest land converted to cropland
(ha yr-1)
3000000
Annual area of grassland converted to croplands(hayr-1)
1000000
Annual area of wetlands converted to croplands(hayr-1)
1000000
Carbon stocks in biomass immediately after conversion to cropland
0
Carbon stocks in biomass immediately before conversion to cropland for forest land
(tonnes C ha-1)
150
Carbon stocks in biomass immediately before conversion to cropland for grassland
(tonnes C ha-1)
10
Carbon stocks in biomass immediately before conversion to cropland for wetlands
(tonnes C ha-1)
0
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Sheet CL-2c2: Annual change in carbon stocks in organic soils
(Land converted to cropland)
Parameter/Emission Factor/Activity Data
Values
Land area of organic soils in climate type c which are converted to cropland (ha)
1000000
Emission factor for climate type c
(tonnes C ha-1 yr-1)
1.4
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Sheet GL-1c1(1 and 2): Annual change in carbon stocks in mineral soils
(Grassland remaining grassland)
Parameter/Emission Factor/Activity Data
Value
Land area of each parcel (ha)
50000000
Inventory time period (years)
20
Reference carbon stock
(tonnes C ha-1)
50
Stock change factor for land use or land-use change type in the beginning of inventory year
(dimensionless)
1.0
Stock change factor for management regime in the beginning of inventory year
(dimensionless)
0.7
Stock change factor for input of organic matter in the beginning of inventory year
(dimensionless)
1
Stock change factor for land use or land-use change type in the end of inventory year
(dimensionless)
1.0
Stock change factor for management regime in the end of inventory year
(dimensionless)
1
Stock change factor for input of organic matter in the end of inventory year
(dimensionless)
1.1
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Sheet GL-2a: Annual change in carbon stocks in living and dead biomass
(Land converted to grassland)
Parameter/Emission Factor/Activity Data
Value
Area of land converted to grassland from forest land (ha/yr)
2000000
Carbon stocks in biomass immediately after conversion to grassland
(tonnes C ha-1)
0
Carbon stocks in forestland immediately before conversion (tonnes C ha-1)
150
Area of land converted to grassland from cropland (ha/yr)
2000000
Carbon stocks in cropland immediately before conversion (tonnes C ha-1)
20
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Sheet WL-1c: Annual carbon stock change in soil
(Organic soils managed for peat extraction)
Parameter/Emission Factor/Activity Data
Value
Area of nutrient rich organic soils managed for peat extraction, including abandoned areas in
which drainage is still present (ha)
10000000
Emission factor for CO2 from nutrient rich organic soils managed for peat extraction
(tonnes C ha-1 yr-1)
1.1
Area of nutrient poor organic soils managed for peat extraction, including abandoned areas in
which drainage is still present (ha)
2000000
Emission factor for CO2 from nutrient poor organic soils managed for peat extraction
(tonnes C ha-1 yr-1)
0.2
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